The biological function of the prion protein: a cell surface scaffold of signaling modules

R Linden - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The prion glycoprotein (PrPC) is mostly located at the cell surface, tethered to the plasma
membrane through a glycosyl-phosphatydil inositol (GPI) anchor. Misfolding of PrPC is …

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 …

Astrocytes‐derived extracellular vesicles in motion at the neuron surface: Involvement of the prion protein

G D'Arrigo, M Gabrielli, F Scaroni… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes‐derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are key players in glia‐neuron
communication. However, whether EVs interact with neurons at preferential sites and how …

Prion protein: the molecule of many forms and faces

V Kovač, V Čurin Šerbec - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein most
abundantly found in the outer membrane of neurons. Due to structural characteristics (a …

Structural consequences of copper binding to the prion protein

G Salzano, G Giachin, G Legname - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prion, or PrPSc, is the pathological isoform of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) and it is the
etiological agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) affecting humans and …

Elucidating the function of the prion protein

G Legname - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The prion protein (PrP) has been extensively studied because of its central role in a group of
neurodegenerative conditions collectively known as prion diseases. While a wealth of …

[HTML][HTML] The prion protein and its ligands: Insights into structure-function relationships

M Shafiq, S Da Vela, L Amin, N Younas… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prion protein is a multifunctional protein that exists in at least two different folding states.
It is subject to diverse proteolytic processing steps that lead to prion protein fragments some …

Loss of prion protein control of glucose metabolism promotes neurodegeneration in model of prion diseases

H Arnould, V Baudouin, A Baudry, LW Ribeiro… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Corruption of cellular prion protein (PrPC) function (s) at the plasma membrane of neurons is
at the root of prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and its variant in humans …

Inducing prion protein shedding as a neuroprotective and regenerative approach in pathological conditions of the brain: from theory to facts

A Matamoros-Angles, B Mohammadi… - Neural regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
In the last decades, the role of the prion protein (PrP) in neurodegenerative diseases has
been intensively investigated, initially in prion diseases of humans (eg, Creutzfeldt-Jakob …

A soluble derivative of PrPC activates cell-signaling and regulates cell physiology through LRP1 and the NMDA receptor

E Mantuano, P Azmoon, MA Banki, MS Lam… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Cellular prion protein (PrP C) is a widely expressed glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored
membrane protein. Scrapie prion protein is a misfolded and aggregated form of PrP C …