Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24828334›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of general virology2014

Increased susceptibility of transgenic mice expressing human PrP to experimental sheep bovine spongiform encephalopathy is not due to increased agent titre in sheep brain tissue.

Chris Plinston, Patricia Hart, Nora Hunter, Jean C Manson, Rona M Barron

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Variant CJD: Reflections a Quarter of a Century on.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  4. Prion Strains and Transmission Barrier Phenomena.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris PlinstonThe Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
Patricia HartThe Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
Nora HunterThe Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
Jean C MansonThe Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
Rona M BarronThe Roslin Institute & R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
Roslin Institute · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004332/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/05241340Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20251967Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20251968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans have previously been shown to be caused by the same strain of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agent. It is hypothesized that the agent spread to humans following consumption of food products prepared from infected cattle. Despite evidence supporting zoonotic transmission, mouse models expressing human prion protein (HuTg) have consistently shown poor transmission rates when inoculated with cattle BSE. Higher rates of transmission have however been observed when these mice are exposed to BSE that has been experimentally transmitted through sheep or goats, indicating that humans may potentially be more susceptible to BSE from small ruminants. Here we demonstrate that increased transmissibility of small ruminant BSE to HuTg mice was not due to replication of higher levels of infectivity in sheep brain tissue, and is instead due to other specific changes in the infectious agent.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCattleDisease Models, AnimalGoat DiseasesGoatsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicPrion DiseasesPrionsSheepSheep DiseasesPrions

Identifiers

PMID24828334
PMCPMC4103070
OpenAlexW1966728694

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