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A Cell-Biased Effect of Estrogen in Prion Infection

Prion disorders are associated with the accumulation of a misfolded form (PrP(Sc)) of the normal prion protein, PrP(C). Here, we show that estrogen acts as a regulator of the processes of both prion infection and prion maintenance. Estrogen was found to be cell biased in its effect; it protected cel...

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Auteurs principaux: Molloy, Brendan, McMahon, Hilary E. M.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3911640/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24227845
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02936-13
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