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Hereditary prion protein amyloidoses
Bernardino Ghetti1, Fabrizio Tagliavini, M Takao
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS A128, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120, USA. bghetti@iupui.edu
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|May 8, 2003
Abstract:
Prion protein (PrP) amyloid accumulation is the pathologic hallmark of some inherited prion diseases such as Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) and PrP cerebral amyloid angiopathy (PrP-CAA). In GSS, parenchymal amyloidosis may coexist with spongiform degeneration or neurofibrillary tangles, whereas in PrP-CAA, vascular amyloid coexists with neurofibrillary tangles. In GSS, N-truncated and C-truncated proteinase K-resistant PrP isoforms are present in the brain.