Comparison of the pathologic and pathogenic features in six different regions of postmortem brains of three patients with fatal familial insomnia

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Xie, Wu Ling ^a,b   Shi, Qi ^b   Xia, Sheng Li ^c   Zhang, Bao Yun ^b   Gong, Han Shi ^a,b   Wang, Shao Bin ^b   Xu, Yin ^b   Guo, Yan ^b   Tian, Chan ^b   Zhang, Jin ^b   Xu, Bian Li ^c   Liu, Yong ^a   Dong, Xiao Ping ^b,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c HENAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neuron loss; Neuron specific enolase; Prion

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CODON; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84873144302     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1194     Document Type: Article

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