Prions : new research /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Doupher, Bridgette V.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2006]
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Tumor resistance to cell death and its relationship with protein prion / Maryam Mehrpour, Franck Meslin and Ahmed Hamaï
  • Roles of prion protein and prion protein-like protein in neurodegeneration: implication in the pathogenesis of prion diseases / Suehiro Sakaguchi
  • The role of the prion protein in metal metabolism and the cellular response to oxidative stress / Nicole T. Watt and Nigel M. Hooper
  • Does misfolded prion protein induce genetic dysregulation? A hypothesis / Lawrence M. Agius
  • The Doppel protein or how sex perturbs the brain / K. Peoc'h and J.L. Laplanche
  • Modelling the growth of prion protein aggregates in the brain in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease / Richard A. Armstrong
  • An historical view of the prion concept in biology / Sergio Comincini
  • Autophagy in prion diseases / Beata Sikorska and Pawel P. Liberski
  • Fibrillar aggregates of amyloidogenic peptides: new insight into the neuroprotective effects of neuropeptides on fibril-induced neuronal cell death / Satomi Onoue and Takehiko Yajima
  • Dermatologic implications on prion infections / Omar Lupi
  • Mammalian versus yeast prions: biophysical insights in structure and assembly mechanisms / Charlotte Vendrely and Thomas Scheibel
  • TSE and diabetes mellitus: two grins of the same evil? / Sergey V. Verevka.