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Prions from Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Patients Propagate as Strain Mixtures.
mBio - 16 Jun 2020
Cassard Hervé, Huor Alvina, Espinosa Juan-Carlos, Douet Jean-Yves, Lugan Severine, Aron Naima, Vilette Didier, Delisle Marie-Bernadette, Marín-Moreno Alba, Peran Patrice, Beringue Vincent, Torres Juan Maria, Ironside James W, Andreoletti Olivier
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) cases are currently classified according to the methionine/valine polymorphism at codon 129 of the PRNP gene and the proteinase K-digested abnormal prion protein (PrPres) isoform identified by Western blotting (type 1 or type 2). Converging evidence led to the view that MM/MV1, VV/MV2, and VV1 and MM2 sCJD cases are caused by distinct prion strains. However, in a...
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