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ReviewViruses2015

The standard scrapie cell assay: development, utility and prospects.

Jacques van der Merwe, Judd Aiken, David Westaway, Debbie McKenzie

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Review in Viruses, 2015. 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
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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacques van der MerweCentre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G2M8, Canada. jqvander@ualberta.ca.
Judd AikenCentre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G2M8, Canada. jmaiken@ualberta.ca.
David WestawayCentre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G2M8, Canada. david.westaway@ualberta.ca.
Debbie McKenzieCentre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G2M8, Canada. debbie.mckenzie@ualberta.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases are a family of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that involve the misfolding of a host protein, PrPC. Measuring prion infectivity is necessary for determining efficacy of a treatment or infectivity of a prion purification procedure; animal bioassays are, however, very expensive and time consuming. The Standard Scrapie Cell Assay (SSCA) provides an alternative approach. The SSCA facilitates quantitative in vitro analysis of prion strains, titres and biological properties. Given its robust nature and potential for high throughput, the SSCA has substantial utility for in vitro characterization of prions and can be deployed in a number of settings. Here we provide an overview on establishing the SSCA, its use in studies of disease dissemination and pathogenesis, potential pitfalls and a number of remaining challenges.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCytological TechniquesHumansMicePrionsRabbitsScrapiePrions

Identifiers

PMID25602372
PMCPMC4306833

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