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 5 (2009), Issue 7 (July)

1. State-of-the-art review of goat TSE in the European Union, with special emphasis on PRNP genetics and epidemiology.
   Vet Res, 40(5): 48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Changes in gene expression of kringle domain-containing proteins in murine brains and neuroblastoma cells infected by prions.
   Mol Cell Biochem, 328(1): 177-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Limited transcriptional response of ovine microglia to prion accumulation.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 386(2): 345-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Conformational preferences of the full chicken prion protein in solution and its differences with respect to mammals.
   Chemphyschem, 10(9): 1500-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Characterization of a specific interaction between ADAM23 and cellular prion protein.
   Neurosci Lett, 461(1): 16-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Immunohistochemical characterisation of classical scrapie neuropathology in sheep.
   J Comp Pathol, 141(2): 135-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Phosphorylation of prion protein at serine 43 induces prion protein conformational change.
   J Neurosci, 29(27): 8743-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Inactivation of animal and human prions by hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(8): 769-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Alternative translation initiation generates cytoplasmic sheep prion protein.
   J Biol Chem, 284(29): 19668-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Proteasome inhibitors promote the sequestration of PrPSc into aggresomes within the cytosol of prion-infected CAD neuronal cells.
    J Gen Virol, 90: 2050-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. An atypical case of sporadic fatal insomnia.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 80(8): 924-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Aptamers against prion proteins and prions.
    Cell Mol Life Sci, 66(15): 2445-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Functional implications of multistage copper binding to the prion protein.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(28): 11576-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome with the P105L prion protein gene mutation presenting with ataxia and extrapyramidal signs without spastic paraparesis.
    Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 111(7): 606-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Potential of mean force for Syrian hamster prion epitope protein--monoclonal fab 3f4 antibody interaction studies.
    Eur J Med Chem, 44(9): 3504-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Prions are secreted in milk from clinically normal scrapie-exposed sheep.
    J Virol, 83(16): 8293-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Characterization of prion protein-enriched domains, isolated from rat cerebellar granule cells in culture.
    J Neurochem, 110(3): 1038-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Cellular prion protein coupling to TACE-dependent TNF-alpha shedding controls neurotransmitter catabolism in neuronal cells.
    J Neurochem, 110(3): 912-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. PRNP haplotype distribution in Moroccan goats.
    Anim Genet, 40(4): 565-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Feasibility of infectious prion digestion using mild conditions and commercial subtilisin.
    J Virol Methods, 161(1): 168-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Aptamer-mediated turn-on fluorescence assay for prion protein based on guanine quenched fluophor.
    Talanta, 79(5): 1283-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. New hospital disinfection processes for both conventional and prion infectious agents compatible with thermosensitive medical equipment.
    J Hosp Infect, 72(4): 342-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Reduction of prion infectivity and levels of scrapie prion protein by lithium aluminum hydride: implications for RNA in prion diseases.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 68(8): 870-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Loss of cerebellar granule neurons is associated with punctate but not with large focal deposits of prion protein in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 68(8): 892-901. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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