Are we ready for detecting α-synuclein prone to aggregation in patients? The case of “protein-misfolding cyclic amplification” and “real-time quaking-induced …

S Paciotti, G Bellomo, L Gatticchi, L Parnetti - Frontiers in neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The accumulation and deposition of α-synuclein aggregates in brain tissue is the main event
in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders grouped under the term of …

Evolution of diagnostic tests for chronic wasting disease, a naturally occurring prion disease of cervids

NJ Haley, JA Richt - Pathogens, 2017 - mdpi.com
Since chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first identified nearly 50 years ago in a captive
mule deer herd in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, it has slowly spread across …

Bank vole prion protein as an apparently universal substrate for RT-QuIC-based detection and discrimination of prion strains

CD Orrú, BR Groveman, LD Raymond… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Prions propagate as multiple strains in a wide variety of mammalian species. The detection
of all such strains by a single ultrasensitive assay such as Real Time Quaking-induced …

Million-fold sensitivity enhancement in proteopathic seed amplification assays for biospecimens by Hofmeister ion comparisons

MA Metrick, N do Carmo Ferreira… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Recent work with prion diseases and synucleinopathies indicates that accurate diagnostic
methods for protein-folding diseases can be based on the ultrasensitive, amplified …

Detection of chronic wasting disease in mule and white-tailed deer by RT-QuIC analysis of outer ear

NC Ferreira, JM Charco, J Plagenz, CD Orru… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Efforts to contain the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal, contagious prion
disease of cervids, would be aided by the availability of additional diagnostic tools. RT-QuIC …

Inactivation of prions and amyloid seeds with hypochlorous acid

AG Hughson, B Race, A Kraus, LR Sangaré… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is produced naturally by neutrophils and other cells to kill
conventional microbes in vivo. Synthetic preparations containing HOCl can also be effective …

A microfluidic biosensor for the diagnosis of chronic wasting disease

SA Muhsin, A Abdullah, E Kobashigawa… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Cervids are affected by a neurologic disease that is always fatal to individuals and has
population effects. This disease is called chronic wasting disease (CWD) and is caused by a …

Evaluation of real-time quaking-induced conversion, ELISA, and immunohistochemistry for chronic wasting disease diagnosis

CL Holz, JR Darish, K Straka, N Grosjean… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible prion disorder, primarily affecting free-
ranging and captive cervids in North America (United States and Canada), South Korea, and …

Chronic wasting disease: an evolving prion disease of cervids

SL Benestad, GC Telling - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relatively new and burgeoning prion epidemic of deer,
elk, reindeer, and moose, which are members of the cervid family. While the disease was …

Antemortem detection of chronic wasting disease prions in nasal brush collections and rectal biopsy specimens from white-tailed deer by real-time quaking-induced …

NJ Haley, C Siepker, WD Walter… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids, was
first documented nearly 50 years ago in Colorado and Wyoming and has since spread to …