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To assess the distribution of abnormal prion protein in central and peripheral tissues of a kuru patient and compare findings with other forms of human prion disease.

October 14, 2008Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesOpen Access

Central and peripheral pathology of kuru: pathological analysis of a recent case and comparison with other forms of human prion disease

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SBSebastian BrandnerUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust JWJerome WhitfieldMRC Prion Unit KBKen BoonePapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

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Comparative pathological analysis reveals absent lymphoreticular prions in a kuru patient, suggesting prion strain rather than route of infection governs peripheral tissue involvement.

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To assess the distribution of abnormal prion protein in central and peripheral tissues of a kuru patient and compare findings with other forms of human prion disease.
Examined brain and peripheral tissues obtained postmortem from a kuru patient who died in 2003 (N=1).
Compared neuropathological patterns and lymphoreticular prion protein deposition with classical (sporadic and iatrogenic) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Brain tissue demonstrated characteristic kuru neuropathology marked by widespread, prominent prion protein (PrP) plaques.
Peripheral lymphoreticular tissue showed no detectable prion colonization, mirroring the pathogenesis of classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease rather than variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Brandner et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ac3fcc12eaf65c8b1e1c8 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0091

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Comparative pathological analysis reveals absent lymphoreticular prions in a kuru patient, suggesting prion strain rather than route of infection governs peripheral tissue involvement.

Central and peripheral pathology of kuru: pathological analysis of a recent case and comparison with other forms of human prion disease

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Central and peripheral pathology of kuru: pathological analysis of a recent case and comparison with other forms of human prion disease

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