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 7 (2011), Issue 4 (April)

1. Radically different amyloid conformations dictate the seeding specificity of a chimeric Sup35 prion.
   J Mol Biol, 408(1): 1-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Globular domain of the prion protein needs to be unlocked by domain swapping to support prion protein conversion.
   J Biol Chem, 286(14): 12149-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Relationship between prion propensity and the rates of individual molecular steps of fibril assembly.
   J Biol Chem, 286(14): 12101-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Monocyte-mediated regulation of genes by the amyloid and prion peptides in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
   Neurochem Int, 58(6): 613-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. In vitro conversion and seeded fibrillization of posttranslationally modified prion protein.
   Biol Chem, 392(5): 415-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Amyloid features and neuronal toxicity of mature prion fibrils are highly sensitive to high pressure.
   J Biol Chem, 286(15): 13448-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Neuroglobin-prion protein interaction: what's the function?
   J Pept Sci, 17(5): 387-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: investigation of phenotypic variation among passive surveillance cases.
   J Comp Pathol, 144(4): 277-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Antigen retrieval using sodium hydroxide for prion immunohistochemistry in bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie.
   J Comp Pathol, 144(4): 251-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Destabilization and recovery of a yeast prion after mild heat shock.
    J Mol Biol, 408(3): 432-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Wheat-germ cell-free production of prion proteins for solid-state NMR structural studies.
    N Biotechnol, 28(3): 232-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Amyloid-beta oligomers increase the localization of prion protein at the cell surface.
    J Neurochem, 117(3): 538-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. HEPES inhibits the conversion of prion protein in cell culture.
    J Gen Virol, 92: 1244-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Correlation of polydispersed prion protein and characteristic pathology in the thalamus in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implication of small oligomeric species.
    Brain Pathol, 21(3): 298-307. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. An N-terminal polybasic domain and cell surface localization are required for mutant prion protein toxicity.
    J Biol Chem, 286(16): 14724-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Biological effects and use of PrPSc- and PrP-specific antibodies generated by immunization with purified full-length native mouse prions.
    J Virol, 85(9): 4538-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Transmission of prion strains in a transgenic mouse model overexpressing human A53T mutated α-synuclein.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 70(5): 377-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Mode of action of the antiprion drugs 6AP and GA on ribosome assisted protein folding.
    Biochimie, 93(6): 1047-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Amyloid-beta42 interacts mainly with insoluble prion protein in the Alzheimer brain.
    J Biol Chem, 286(17): 15095-105. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Transmission of classical scrapie to wild-type mice: the influence of the ovine PrP sequence on lesion profiles.
    Arch Virol, 156(5): 903-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. [PSI(+)] aggregate enlargement in rnq1 nonprion domain mutants, leading to a loss of prion in yeast.
    Genes Cells, 16(5): 576-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Yeast prion protein New1 can break Sup35 amyloid fibrils into fragments in an ATP-dependent manner.
    Genes Cells, 16(5): 545-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Sc237 hamster PrPSc and Sc237-derived mouse PrPSc generated by interspecies in vitro amplification exhibit distinct pathological and biochemical properties in tga20 transgenic mice.
    Microbiol Immunol, 55(5): 331-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Effects of solution chemistry and aging time on prion protein adsorption and replication of soil-bound prions.
    PLoS One, 6(4): e18752. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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