Prions Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Prions, including details on mad cow disease, scrapie, cjd.

Volume 3 (2007), Issue 3 (March)

1. Peripheral circulation of the prion infectious agent in transgenic mice expressing the ovine prion protein gene in neurons only.
   J Infect Dis, 195(7): 997-1006. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent in a prion protein (PrP)ARR/ARR genotype sheep after peripheral challenge: complete immunohistochemical analysis of disease-associated PrP and transmission studies to ovine-transgenic mice.
   J Infect Dis, 195(7): 989-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Activation of Prn-p gene and stable transfection of Prn-p cDNA in leukemia MEL and neuroblastoma N2a cells increased production of PrP(C) but not prevented DNA fragmentation initiated by serum deprivation.
   J Cell Physiol, 211(2): 551-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. In vitro analysis of SpUre2p, a prion-related protein, exemplifies the relationship between amyloid and prion.
   J Biol Chem, 282(11): 7912-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Changes in neuropeptide expression in mice infected with prions.
   Neurobiol Aging, 28(5): 748-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Novel prion protein gene mutation presenting with subacute PSP-like syndrome.
   Neurology, 68(11): 868-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effect of prion decontamination protocols on nickel-titanium rotary surfaces.
   J Endod, 33(4): 442-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Prion protein activates and fixes complement directly via the classical pathway: implications for the mechanism of scrapie agent propagation in lymphoid tissue.
   Mol Immunol, 44(11): 2997-3004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity and NADPH-d histochemistry in the enteric nervous system of Sarda breed sheep with different PrP genotypes in whole-mount and cryostat preparations.
   J Histochem Cytochem, 55(4): 387-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prion inactivation by the Maillard reaction.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 356(1): 245-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Packaging of prions into exosomes is associated with a novel pathway of PrP processing.
    J Pathol, 211(5): 582-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Discriminating between cellular and misfolded prion protein by using affinity to 9-aminoacridine compounds.
    J Gen Virol, 88: 1392-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Progression of prion infectivity in asymptomatic cattle after oral bovine spongiform encephalopathy challenge.
    J Gen Virol, 88: 1379-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Polymorphisms of the prion protein gene coding region in born-after-the-reinforced-ban (BARB) bovine spongiform encephalopathy cattle in Great Britain.
    J Gen Virol, 88: 1374-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Aggregation of prion protein with insertion mutations is proportional to the number of inserts.
    Biochem J, 403(2): 343-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Three-colour flow cytometric detection of PrP in ovine leukocytes.
    Vet Immunol Immunopathol, 116(3): 172-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Copper is required for prion protein-associated superoxide dismutase-I activity in Pichia pastoris.
    FEBS J, 274(5): 1304-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Short-term memory formation and long-term memory consolidation are enhanced by cellular prion association to stress-inducible protein 1.
    Neurobiol Dis, 26(1): 282-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Evolution of budding yeast prion-determinant sequences across diverse fungi.
    J Mol Biol, 368(1): 273-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Contact-induced structure transformation in transmembrane prion propagation.
    Biophys J, 92(8): 2704-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Nitrogen oxide interaction with copper complexes formed by small peptides belonging to the prion protein octa-repeat region.
    Dalton Trans. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Empirical rules for rationalising visible circular dichroism of Cu2+ and Ni2+ histidine complexes: applications to the prion protein.
    FEBS Lett, 581(7): 1430-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The role of the octarepeat region in neuroprotective function of the cellular prion protein.
    Brain Pathol, 17(2): 174-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The toxicity of the PrP106-126 prion peptide on cultured photoreceptors correlates with the prion protein distribution in the mammalian and human retina.
    Am J Pathol, 170(4): 1314-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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