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    Prion Diseases

    Trevor A. Crowell, M.D.
    Prion Diseases is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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    PATHOGENS

    • Prions are abnormally folded versions of cell membrane proteins which are otherwise normally found throughout the human body.
      • Abnormal versions are resistant to most types of proteolytic degradation including resistance to many chemical and physical methods of inactivation.
      • Can induce conversion of nearby proteins from the normal PrPC form to the abnormal and infective PrPSc form.
    • Prions cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).

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    Last updated: December 2, 2015

    Citation

    Crowell, Trevor A. "Prion Diseases." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2015. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540451/all/Prion_Diseases.
    Crowell TA. Prion Diseases. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540451/all/Prion_Diseases. Accessed April 22, 2019.
    Crowell, T. A. (2015). Prion Diseases. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540451/all/Prion_Diseases
    Crowell TA. Prion Diseases [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. [cited 2019 April 22]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540451/all/Prion_Diseases.
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