Foodborne transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to non-human primates results in preclinical rapid-onset obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Strom, Alexander ^a   Yutzy, Barbara ^b   Kruip, Carina ^b   Ooms, Mark ^a   Schloot, Nanette C ^a,e   Roden, Michael ^a,c   Scott, Fraser W ^d   Loewer, Johannes ^b   Holznagel, Edgar ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COMPLICATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRION; TRANSMISSION;

PRION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; OBESITY; PRIMATES; PRIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84905457202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104343     Document Type: Article

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