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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"fatal familial insomnia"”.
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Modelli murini transgenici di malattie da prioni per lo studio del ruolo fisiopatologico della proteina prionica.
… by the Met/Val polymorphism is represented by fatal familial insomnia (FFI) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD178), two clinically and neuropathologically distinct diseases linked to the D178N mutation in the gene encoding PrP; D178N/M129 segregates with FFI, while D178N/V129 is associated with …
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Identification of gene expression changes in Drosophila models of mammalian prion diseases
Prion diseases are fatal transmissible neurodegenerative diseases of humans and other animals. These include acquired prion diseases, such as scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Genetic prion diseases also occur in humans, …
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The Life of Prion: an investigation into the physiological role of a prion-like protein in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
… populations of Spain in the eighteenth century, fatal familial insomnia afflicting families in Italy, or an outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK triggered by the consumption of contaminated beef. The ability of prions to spread with such pathogenic intent whilst remaining incurable …
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Characterization of the 37-kDa/67-kDa laminin receptor as the cell surface receptor for the cellular prion protein
… which are related to the human prion diseases fatal familial insomnia (FFI) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) reveal proteinase K (PK) resistance, one of the most typical biochemical properties characteristic for the infectious scrapie isoform of the prion protein. The subcellular location of …