| Literature DB >> 10599800 |
G Puoti1, G Giaccone, G Rossi, B Canciani, O Bugiani, F Tagliavini.
Abstract
Phenotypic heterogeneity of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been linked to biochemically distinct types of the protease-resistant form of the prion protein (type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc)). We investigated 14 cases of sporadic CJD and found that both type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc) coexisted in 5 subjects. The distinct PrP(Sc) isoforms were associated with different patterns of PrP deposition and severity of spongiform changes, suggesting that the PrP(Sc) type plays a central role in determining the neuropathologic profile of CJD.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10599800 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2173
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910