Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Heart rate variability analysis in sheep affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
... humans. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in sheep are diseases characterised by accumulation of disease-associated prion protein in the brainstem, including nuclei of the ...
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Quinoline Derivatives Are Therapeutic Candidates for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
... We previously reported that quinacrine inhibited the formation of an abnormal prion protein (PrPres), a key molecule in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, or prion disease, in ...
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Technical Report: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: A Review for Pediatricians
... TSEs, transmissible spongiform encephalopa- thies; PrP, prion protein; TME, transmissible mink encephalopa- thy; BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy; nvCJD, new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jak[r] ...
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WHO Tables on Tissue Infectivity Distribution in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
... number of laboratories using new, highly sensitive methods to detect PrP TSE are reporting success in a variety of animal and human TSEs. However, several have experienced difficulty obtaining reproducible results in ...
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Detection of New Quantitative Trait Loci for Susceptibility to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Mice
... Furthermore, it seems that some QTL (chromosomes 4 and 8) are involved in resistance to scrapie as well as to BSE. T RANSMISSIBLE spongiform encephalopathies et al. 2001), suggesting the influence of other ...
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: The identification of a new disease phenotype after experimental interspecies transmission
... CHAPTER 3. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS Summary The purpose of this work was to better understand the potential for interspecies transmission of TSEs between sheep and deer. I characterized the disease phenotype by looking at PrP ...
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RuNAway Disease: A two cycle model for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) wherein SINE proliferation drives PrP overproduction
... overexpressing PrP leads to PrP Sc deposits which cause spongiform-like disease [4, 5] although these deposits have not been shown to be infectious. Numerous polymorphisms in the PrP protein sequence are also ...
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL. The TSE Road map 2 A Strategy paper on Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathies for 2010-2015 [SEC(2010)899]. COM (2010) 384 final, 16 July 2010
... EN 4 EN 1. I NTRODUCTION The first TSE 1 Roadmap 2 , provided an outline of possible future changes to EU measures on TSEs in the short, medium and long-term while still making food safety and consumer protection the ...
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Prions and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: a tour around its history
... Anteriormente, durante 1947, se detectó por primera vez en Estados Unidos una enferme- dad que afectaba los visones de peletería. Estos animales sufrían cambios en su comportamiento, con cuadros de excitabilidad ...
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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in human genetic transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
... NSE proteins in the CSF is a consequence of leakage into the CSF following rapid neuronal damage. Recently, a systematic analysis of brain-derived proteins in CSF and neuropathological lesions has shown that the levels ...
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T Cells Infiltrate the Brain in Murine and Human Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
... Lastly, the accumulation of T cells in the brains of scrapie-infected mice likely mirrors other models in which T cells accumulated and resided in the CNS following antigen-specific stim[r] ...
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2010 No. 801 ANIMALS, ENGLAND. The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010
... If any animal aged 18 months or over dies or is killed while it is under restriction for any reason under this Schedule or Annex VII to the EU TSE Regulation, the owner must immediately[r] ...
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Comparative evidence for a link between Peyer's patch development and susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
... Detection of disease-specific PrP in the distal ileum of cattle exposed orally to the agent of bovine spongiform encepha- lopathy. Vet Rec 2003, 152:387-392. 8. Heggebo R, Press CM, Gunnes G, Lie KI, Tranulis MA, ...
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A short purification process for quantitative isolation of PrPScfrom naturally occurring and experimental transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
... References 1. Prusiner SB: The prion diseases. Brain Pathol 1998, 8:499-513 2. Telling GC, Scott M, Mastrianni J, Gabizon R, Torchia M, Cohen FE, Dearmond SJ, Prusiner SB: Prion propagation in mice express- ing human and ...
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Microdissection: A method developed to investigate mechanisms involved in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy pathogenesis
... * Corresponding author Abstract Background: The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases affecting both human and animals. The neuroanatomical ...
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Proposal for a Council Decision on the prohibition of the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and repealing Decision 97/534/EC. COM (98) 160 final, 9 March 1998
... (II) Whereas in the light of the new scientific advice it is necessary to amend the list ofspccitic risk materials laid down in Decision 97/534/EC; whereas thi~ list should apply a[r] ...
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A European initiative on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Communication from the Commission. COM (96) 582 final, 13 November 1996 and COM (96) 582 final/2, 20 December 1996
... In order to contribute to the overall evaluation of the Community activities provided for in Article 4(2) of the Decision establishing the fourth framework programme of t[r] ...
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The Glycosylation Status of PrPC Is a Key Factor in Determining Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Transmission between Species
... of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) between different species has been notoriously unpredictable because the mechanisms of transmission are not fully ...
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Proposal for a Council Decision regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Commission Decisions 94/474/EC and 97/534/EC. COM (98) 749 final, 11 December 1998
... in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, may take a decision ·in respect of the date of effective enforcement of a prohibition [r] ...
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Proposal for a Council Decision on measures applying to the processing of certain animal waste to protect against transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Commission Decision 97/735/EC (presented by the Commission). COM (99) 341 final, 6 July 1999
... of spongiform encephalopathy agents 5 provided that, from 1 April 1997, certain mammalian animal waste which had not been processed in accordance with the standards set out therein should not be fed to ...
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