PrP-dependent association of prions with splenic but not circulating lymphocytes of scrapie-infected mice

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2702-2706

  Raeber, Alex J ^a,b   Klein, Michael A ^b   Frigg, Rico ^b   Flechsig, Eckhard ^a   Aguzzi, Adriano ^b   Weissmann, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Follicular dendritic cells; Prions; PrP knockout mice; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SCRAPIE; SPLEEN; STEM CELL; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SPLEEN; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033577717     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.10.2702     Document Type: Article

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