Prion Infection of Skeletal Muscle Cells and Papillae in the Tongue

The presence of the prion agent in skeletal muscle is thought to be due to the infection of nerve fibers located within the muscle. We report here that the pathological isoform of the prion protein, PrP(Sc), accumulates within skeletal muscle cells, in addition to axons, in the tongue of hamsters fo...

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Main Authors: Mulcahy, Ellyn R., Bartz, Jason C., Kincaid, Anthony E., Bessen, Richard A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
Subjects:
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC421640/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15194754
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.78.13.6792-6798.2004
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