Physiological functions of the cellular prion protein

AR Castle, AC Gill - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The prion protein, PrPC, is a small, cell-surface glycoprotein notable primarily for its critical
role in pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorders known as prion diseases. A …

The function of the cellular prion protein in health and disease

JC Watts, MEC Bourkas, H Arshad - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
The essential role of the cellular prion protein (PrP C) in prion disorders such as Creutzfeldt–
Jakob disease is well documented. Moreover, evidence is accumulating that PrP C may act …

Heterotypic electrostatic interactions control complex phase separation of tau and prion into multiphasic condensates and co-aggregates

SK Rai, R Khanna, A Avni… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Biomolecular condensates formed via phase separation of proteins and nucleic acids are
thought to perform a wide range of critical cellular functions by maintaining spatiotemporal …

Strictly co-isogenic C57BL/6J-Prnp−/− mice: A rigorous resource for prion science

M Nuvolone, M Hermann, S Sorce, G Russo… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Although its involvement in prion replication and neurotoxicity during transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies is undisputed, the physiological role of the cellular prion …

YAP/TAZ signalling in colorectal cancer: Lessons from consensus molecular subtypes

S Mouillet-Richard, P Laurent-Puig - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease that can be divided
into 4 consensus molecular subtypes (CMS) according to molecular profiling. The CMS …

The cellular and pathologic prion protein

AC Gill, AR Castle - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
The cellular prion protein, PrP C, is a small, cell surface glycoprotein with a function that is
currently somewhat ill defined. It is also the key molecule involved in the family of …

Differential interactome mapping of aggregation prone/prion-like proteins under stress: novel links to stress granule biology

N Younas, S Zafar, T Saleem, LC Fernandez Flores… - Cell & Bioscience, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Aberrant stress granules (SGs) are emerging as prime suspects in the
nucleation of toxic protein aggregates. Understanding the molecular networks linked with …

Slow Misfolding of a Molten Globule form of a Mutant Prion Protein Variant into a β-rich Dimer

S Pal, JB Udgaonkar - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Misfolding of the prion protein is linked to multiple neurodegenerative diseases. A better
understanding of the process requires the identification and structural characterization of …

The cellular prion protein and the hallmarks of cancer

S Mouillet-Richard, A Ghazi, P Laurent-Puig - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The cellular prion protein PrPC is best known for its involvement, under its
pathogenic isoform, in a group of neurodegenerative diseases. Notwithstanding, an …

Tumor resistance to radiotherapy is triggered by an ATM/TAK1-dependent-increased expression of the cellular prion protein

J Bernardino-Sgherri, C Siberchicot, F Auvré, D Busso… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
In solid cancers, high expression of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) is associated with
stemness, invasiveness, and resistance to chemotherapy, but the role of PrPC in tumor …