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ReviewActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2023

A Theoretical Framework on the Biology of Prion Diseases.

Ergys Ramosaço, Neila Bajrami, Gentian Vyshka

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Review in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ergys RamosaçoFaculty of Technical Medical Sciences, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania.
Neila BajramiFaculty of Technical Medical Sciences, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania.
Gentian VyshkaFaculty of Medicine, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Prion diseases or TSE diseases are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that manifest in several forms in humans, such as Kuru disease, Creutzfeldt‒Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) and fatal familial insomnia. Objective: In this study, we propose a multimodular hypothesis of prion diseases. According to this hypothesis, a prion disease manifests because of the interaction of two genetic modules, such as the PRNP gene module and that of the gene or genes responsible for one or more chaperones, with one or some chemical module on whose structure the products of the genes or genetic modules interact. Methods: This study presents the perspective that modular thinking can allow us to overcome conceptual obstacles in the understanding and interpretation of prion diseases. Results and Discussion: The structure of the chemical module or modules is directly responsible for the folding or misfolding of the PrP Conclusion: This case emphasizes the link between neuroinflammation and protein misfolding and provides proof that chemical module formation is a necessary condition for the manifestation of prion diseases.

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chaperonechemical modulegenetic modulemodulesPrion

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PMCPMC10498370

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