List of Scientific Papers Supplied to SEAC Members by the Secretariat

18th July - 29th September 2000

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Paper by L Hoinville, A Hoek, M Gravenor and A McLean, 'Descriptive epidemiology of scrapie in Great Britain: results of a postal survey', published in the Veterinary Record, 2000, volume 146, pages 455-461;

Letter response by L Hoinville, C Webb and J Wilesmith, 'Surveillance for scrapie', published in the Veterinary Record, 2000, volume 146, page 507;

Paper by F Montrasio, R Frigg, M Glatzel, M Klein, F Mackay, A Aguzzi and C Weissmann, 'Impaired prion replication in spleens of mice lacking functioning follicular dendritic cells', published in Science, 2000, volume 288, pages 1257-1259;

Paper by V Perrier, A Wallace, K Kaneko, J Safar, S Prusiner and F Cohen, 'Mimicking dominant negative inhibition of prion replication through structure-based drug design', published in PNAS, 2000, volume 97, number 11, pages 6073-6078;

Paper by J Madec, M Groschup, D Calavas, F Junghans and T Baron, 'Protease-resistant prion protein in brain and lymphoid organs of sheep within a naturally scrapie-infected flock', published in Microbial Pathogenesis, 2000, volume 28, pages 353-362;

Paper by S Leontides, V Psycas, S Argyroudis, A Giannati-Stefanou, E Paschaleri-Papadopoulou, T Manousis and T Sklaviadis, 'A survey of more than 11 years of neurologic diseases of ruminants with special reference to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in Greece', published in the Journal of Veterinary Medicine series B, 2000, volume 47, pages 303-309;

Paper by T Manousis, S Verghese-Nikolakaki, P Keyes, M Sachsamanoglou, M Dawson, O Papadopoulos and T Sklaviadis, 'Characterization of the murine BSE infectious agent', published in the Journal of General Virology, 2000, volume 81, pages 1615-1620;

Paper by J Biesche, A Giese, W Schulz-Schaeffer, I Zerr, S Poser, M Eigen and H Kretzschmar, 'Ultrasensitive detection of pathological prion protein aggregates by dual-colour scanning for intensely fluorescent targets', published in PNAS, 2000, volume 97, number 10, pages 5468-5473;

Paper by V Beringue, K Adjou, F Lamoury, T Maignien, J Deslys, R Race and D Dormont, 'Opposite effects of dextran sulfate 500, the polyene antibiotic MS-8209, and congo red on accumulation of the protease-resistant isoform of PrP in the spleens of mice inoculated intraperitoneally with the scrapie agent', published in the Journal of Virology, 2000, volume 74, number 12, pages 5432-5440;

Paper by J Bartz, R Bessen, D McKenzie, R Marsh and J Aiken, 'Adaptation and selection of prion protein strain conformations following interspecies transmission of transmissible mink encephalopathy', published in the Journal of Virology, 2000, volume 74, number 12, pages 5542-5547;

Paper by N Antoine, J-Yves Cesbron, B Coumans, O Jolois, W Zorzi and E Heinen, 'Differential expression of cellular prion protein on human blood and tonsil lymphocytes', published in Haematologica, 2000, volume 85, pages 475-480;

Paper by J Pammer, H Cross, Y Frobert, E Tschachler and G Oberhuber, 'The pattern of prion-related protein expression in the gastrointestinal tract', published in Virchows Archiv, 2000, volume 436, pages 466-472;

Editorial by James Ironside, 'Update on variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease', published in Amyloid, 2000, volume 7, number 2, pages 141-144;

Paper by K Hofmann, 'BSE prophylaxis by control of meat and bone meal', published in Fleischwirtschaft, 2000, volume 80, number 4, pages 140-143;

Paper by J Ironside, D Hilton, A Ghani, N Johnston, L Conyers, L McCardle and D Best, 'Retrospective study of prion-protein accumulation in tonsil and appendix tissues', published in the Lancet, 2000, volume 355, pages 1693-1694;

Paper by L Herrmann, T Baszler and D Knowles, 'PrPc mRNA, but not PrPSc is found in the salivary glands of scrapie-infected sheep', published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2000, volume 1479, pages 147-154;

Paper by S Capellari, S Zaidi, A Long, E Kwon and R Peterson, 'The Thr183Ala mutation, not the loss of the first glycosylation site, alters the physical properties of the prion protein', published in the Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2000, volume 2, pages 27-35;

Reply by P Brown and L Cervenakova, 'Infectivity of buffy coat in variant CJD', published in Transfusion, 2000, volume 40, pages 754-755;

Abstract by J Wissler and E Logemann, 'Prion proteins (PrP) have conserved (HxxxH/N/G) metalloregulator (Cu/Zn) and nucleic acid binding (R3H) domains: leads of nutrition factors and transfer of bioinformation in PrP infectivity', published in Faseb Journal, 2000, volume 14, page A794;

Paper by K Qin, D-Sheng Yang, Y Yang, M Chishti, L Meng, H Kretzschmar, C Yip, P Fraser and D Westaway, 'Copper(II)-induced conformational changes and protease resistance in recombinant and cellular PrP', published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000, volume 275, pages 19121-19131;

Paper by M Glatzel and A Aguzzi, 'Peripheral pathogenesis of prion diseases', published in Microbes and Infection, 2000, volume 2, pages 613-619;

Paper by M Esiri, J Carter and J Ironside, 'Prion protein immunoreactivity in brain samples from an unselected autopsy population: findings in 200 consecutive cases', published in Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 2000, volume 26, pages 273-284;

Paper by G Telling, 'Prion protein genes and prion diseases: studies in transgenic mice', published in Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 2000, volume 26, pages 209-220;

Abstract by B Ghetti, P Piccardo, R Chiesa and D Harris, 'Hindlimb paralysis and cerebullar PrP deposits in transgenic mice over expressing wild type PrP', published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 2000, volume 59, page 57.
Paper by K Wilson, C Code and M Ricketts, 'Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of case-control studies', published in the British Medical Journal, 2000, volume 321, pages 17-19;

Paper by N Andrews, C Farrington, S Cousens, P Smith, H Ward, R Knight, J Ironside and R Will, 'Incidence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in the UK', published in the Lancet, 2000, volume 356, pages 481-482;

Paper by P D Cockcroft, 'Clinical sign profile likelihood ratios for bovine spongiform encephalopathy suspects', published in Research in Veterinary Science, 2000, volume 68, pages 285-290;

Letter by N Mabbott, F Mackay, F Minns and M Bruce, 'Temporary inactivation of follicular dendritic cells delays neuroinvasion of scrapie', published in Nature Medicine, 2000, volume 6, number 7, pages 719-720;

Paper by P Brown, 'The risk of blood-borne Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease', published in Developments in Biological Standardization, 2000, volume 102, pages 53-59;

Paper by M Jeffrey, G McGovern, C Goodsir, K Brown and M Bruce, 'Sites of prion protein accumulation in scrapie-infected mouse spleen revealed by immuno-electron microscopy', published in the Journal of Pathology, 2000, volume 191, pages 323-332; Paper by F Tagliavini, G Forlini, L Colombo, G Rossi, L Girola, B Canciani, N Angeretti, L Giampaolo, E Peressini, T Awan, L De Gioia, E Ragg, O Bugiani and M Salmona, 'Tetracycline affects abnormal properties of synthetic PrP peptides and PrPSc in vitro', published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, 2000, volume 300, pages 1309-1322;

Paper by G Politopoulou, J Seebach, M Schmugge, H-Peter Schwarz and A Aguzzi, 'Age-related expression of the cellular prion protein in human peripheral blood leukocytes', published in Haematologica, 2000, number 85, pages 580-587;

Review by J Ironside, M Head, J Bell, L McCardle and R Will, 'Laboratory diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease', published in Histopathology, 2000, volume 37, pages 1-9;

Paper by M Rogers, D Doyle and M Reise, 'Prions: strategies for control of BSE and scrapie', published in the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research', 2000, volume 39, pages 229-234;

Paper by A Kubosaki, A Ueno, Y Matsumoto, K Doi, K Saeki, Y Matsumoto and T Onodera, 'Analysis of prion protein mRNA by in Situ hybridization in brain and placenta of sheep', published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2000, volume 273, pages 890-893;

Paper by P Liberski and M Jeffrey, 'Tubulovesicular structures: what are they really?', published in Microscopy research and technique, 2000, volume 50, pages 46-57;

Paper by J-Guy Fournier, F Escaig-Haye and V Grigoriev, 'Ultrastructural localization of prion proteins: physiological and pathological implications', published in Microscopy research and technique, 2000, volume 50, pages 76-88;

Paper by A Shmakov, J Bode, P Kilshaw and S Ghosh, 'Diverse patterns of expression of the 67-kD laminin receptor in human small intestinal mucosa: potential binding sites for prion proteins?', published in the Journal of Pathology, 2000, volume 191, pages 318-322;

Paper by B-S Wong, T Pan, T Liu, R Li, P Gambetti and M-S Sy, 'Differential contribution of superoxide dismutase activity by prion protein in vivo', published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2000, volume 273, pages 136-139.

 

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