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a(MESH:Prions)

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Name
Prions
Namespace
MeSH
Namespace Version
20181007
Namespace URL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pharmacome/terminology/01c9daa61012b37dd0a1bc962521ba51a15b38f1/external/mesh-names.belns

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The Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Sometimes the Chicken, Sometimes the Egg v1.0.0

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a(MESH:Prions) increases path(MESH:"Prion Diseases") View Subject | View Object

This family of diseases is considered to be caused by a protein component of the proteinaceous infectious (prion) particles, originally proposed to be the causative agent of these diseases by Stanley Pruisner (1982). PubMed:14556719

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a(MESH:Prions) increases path(MESH:"Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform") View Subject | View Object

In cattle, prions can cause Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), called in lay terms “mad cow disease.” PubMed:14556719

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