PrP expression, PrPSc accumulation and innervation of splenic compartments in sheep experimentally infected with scrapie

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Sørby, Randi ^a   Austbø, Lars ^a   Press, Charles McL ^a   Skretting, Grethe ^b   Landsverk, Thor ^a   Espenes, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LYMPH NODE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASES; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPLEEN;

EID: 70149086904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006885     Document Type: Article

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