Misfolded proteins in Huntington disease fetal grafts: Further evidence of cell-to-cell transfer?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-21

  Kordower, Jeffrey H ^a   Halliday, Glenda ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; HUNTINGTIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN GRAFT; CAG REPEAT; CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL CONTACT; CELL TO CELL TRANSFER; FETAL STRIATAL GRAFT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEWY BODY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTOSOME;

ALLOGRAFTS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84904803933     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24205     Document Type: Note

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