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Characterization of four new monoclonal antibodies against the distal N-terminal region of PrP(c).

Alessandro Didonna, Anja Colja Venturini, Katrina Hartman, Tanja Vranac, Vladka Čurin Šerbec, Giuseppe Legname

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Article in PeerJ, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Beta-endoproteolysis of the cellular prion protein by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 and fibroblast activation protein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  5. The role of prion strain diversity in the development of successful therapeutic treatments.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessandro Didonna *Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
Anja Colja Venturini *Department for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Katrina HartmanDepartment for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tanja VranacDepartment for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vladka Čurin ŠerbecDepartment for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Giuseppe LegnameDepartment of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia · SIElettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. · ITScuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and animals. They are characterized by the accumulation in the central nervous system of a pathological form of the host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). The prion protein is a membrane glycoprotein that consists of two domains: a globular, structured C-terminus and an unstructured N-terminus. The N-terminal part of the protein is involved in different functions in both health and disease. In the present work we discuss the production and biochemical characterization of a panel of four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the distal N-terminus of PrP(C) using a well-established methodology based on the immunization of Prnp (0/0) mice. Additionally, we show their ability to block prion (PrP(Sc)) replication at nanomolar concentrations in a cell culture model of prion infection. These mAbs represent a promising tool for prion diagnostics and for studying the physiological role of the N-terminal domain of PrP(C).

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HistopathologyMonoclonal antibodiesPrion inhibitionPrion protein

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PMID25802800
PMCPMC4369333
OpenAlexW1976299175

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