 Prions
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Small proteinaceous infectious particles which resist inactivation by procedures that modify NUCLEIC ACIDS and contain an abnormal isoform of a cellular protein which is a major and necessary component. The abnormal (scrapie) isoform is PrPSc (PRPSC PROTEINS) and the cellular isoform PrPC (PRPC PROTEINS). The primary amino acid sequence of the two isoforms is identical. Human diseases caused by prions include CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER SYNDROME; and INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL.
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D011328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.785
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| Concept/Terms |
Prions- Prions
- PrP Proteins
- Prion Proteins
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prions" by people in Profiles.
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Taylor JP, Brown RH, Cleveland DW. Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism. Nature. 2016 11 10; 539(7628):197-206.
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Franklin BS, Bossaller L, De Nardo D, Ratter JM, Stutz A, Engels G, Brenker C, Nordhoff M, Mirandola SR, Al-Amoudi A, Mangan MS, Zimmer S, Monks BG, Fricke M, Schmidt RE, Espevik T, Jones B, Jarnicki AG, Hansbro PM, Busto P, Marshak-Rothstein A, Hornemann S, Aguzzi A, Kastenmüller W, Latz E. The adaptor ASC has extracellular and 'prionoid' activities that propagate inflammation. Nat Immunol. 2014 Aug; 15(8):727-37.
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Lancaster AK, Nutter-Upham A, Lindquist S, King OD. PLAAC: a web and command-line application to identify proteins with prion-like amino acid composition. Bioinformatics. 2014 Sep 1; 30(17):2501-2.
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Tipper D, Martinez-Vilchez I, Markgren L, Kagalwala DZ. Mammalian Prion protein expression in yeast; a model for transmembrane insertion. Prion. 2013 Nov-Dec; 7(6):477-87.
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Jackson WS, Borkowski AW, Watson NE, King OD, Faas H, Jasanoff A, Lindquist S. Profoundly different prion diseases in knock-in mice carrying single PrP codon substitutions associated with human diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 3; 110(36):14759-64.
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Li YR, King OD, Shorter J, Gitler AD. Stress granules as crucibles of ALS pathogenesis. J Cell Biol. 2013 Apr 29; 201(3):361-72.
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Kim HJ, Kim NC, Wang YD, Scarborough EA, Moore J, Diaz Z, MacLea KS, Freibaum B, Li S, Molliex A, Kanagaraj AP, Carter R, Boylan KB, Wojtas AM, Rademakers R, Pinkus JL, Greenberg SA, Trojanowski JQ, Traynor BJ, Smith BN, Topp S, Gkazi AS, Miller J, Shaw CE, Kottlors M, Kirschner J, Pestronk A, Li YR, Ford AF, Gitler AD, Benatar M, King OD, Kimonis VE, Ross ED, Weihl CC, Shorter J, Taylor JP. Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS. Nature. 2013 Mar 28; 495(7442):467-73.
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Hafner-Bratkovic I, Bencina M, Fitzgerald KA, Golenbock D, Jerala R. NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophage cell lines by prion protein fibrils as the source of IL-1ß and neuronal toxicity. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2012 Dec; 69(24):4215-28.
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King OD, Gitler AD, Shorter J. The tip of the iceberg: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in neurodegenerative disease. Brain Res. 2012 Jun 26; 1462:61-80.
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Lewandowski JR, van der Wel PC, Rigney M, Grigorieff N, Griffin RG. Structural complexity of a composite amyloid fibril. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Sep 21; 133(37):14686-98.
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