A Prion Protein Fragment Primes Type 1 Astrocytes to Proliferation Signals from Microglia

Gliosis is a hallmark of prion disease. A neurotoxic prion peptide (PrP106-126) induces astrocyte proliferation in the presence of microglia. This peptide also directly enhances microglial proliferation in culture. We have investigated this further to understand the method by which factors released...

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Main Authors: David R. Brown, Bernhard Schmidt, Hans A. Kretzschmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1998-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996198901693