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A new prion disease: relationship with central and peripheral
amyloidoses
Simon Mead1, & Mary M. Reilly2,
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Journal name: Nature Reviews Neurology
Year published: (2015)
DOI: doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2014.263
Published online 27 January 2015
Abstract
Prion diseases are typically recognized as rapidly progressive dementing
illnesses that also feature myoclonus and cerebellar ataxia. Several families
have now been described with a late-onset hereditary sensory and autonomic
neuropathy caused by truncation of prion protein (PrP), and associated with
systemic amyloidosis, which was a profoundly unexpected phenotype. The chronic
symptoms of this disorder, termed PrP systemic amyloidosis, can be very
disabling, and are comparable to familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) caused by
transthyretin mutations. Patients require symptomatic therapies directed towards
control of nausea, diarrhoea, incontinence, neuropathic pain and postural
hypotension. Although the potential transmissibility of this new prion disease
is probably extremely low, we advocate PrP gene analysis before biopsy in the
investigation of peripheral and autonomic neuropathies, or for patients with
unexplained diarrhoea and neuropathy. Prion diseases and the FAPs both display
prominent effects of mutation type on clinical presentation and patterns of
pathology—a fascinating but unexplained observation. Several neurodegenerative
diseases associated with central protein misfolding, such as Huntington and
Parkinson diseases, also have under-recognized peripheral components. Most of
the familial amyloidoses can be explained by known gene mutations, but amino
acid variants in proteins involved in other central neurodegenerative diseases
might direct the initial pathology to the periphery.
Self-Propagative Replication of Ab Oligomers Suggests Potential
Transmissibility in Alzheimer Disease
Received July 24, 2014; Accepted September 16, 2014; Published November 3,
2014
Singeltary comment ;
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David W. Colby1,* and Stanley B. Prusiner1,2
Friday, September 3, 2010
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Prionpathy, Prionopathy, TSE
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USA CJD TSE PRION UNIT, TEXAS, SURVEILLANCE UPDATE NOVEMBER 2014
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1
(October 7, 2014)
***6 Includes 11 cases in which the diagnosis is pending, and 19
inconclusive cases;
***7 Includes 12 (11 from 2014) cases with type determination pending in
which the diagnosis of vCJD has been excluded.
***The sporadic cases include 2660 cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease (sCJD),
***50 cases of Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy (VPSPr)
***and 21 cases of sporadic Fatal Insomnia (sFI).
Sunday, December 14, 2014
ALERT new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease nvCJD or vCJD, sporadic CJD
strains, TSE prion aka Mad Cow Disease United States of America Update December
14, 2014 Report
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*** Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Publications TSE prion disease Peer Review
***
Diagnosis and Reporting of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Singeltary, Sr et al. JAMA.2001; 285: 733-734. Vol. 285 No. 6, February 14,
2001 JAMA
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