TY - JOUR JO - Folia Neuropathologica SN - 1641-4640 VL - 47 IS - 2 PY - 2009 ID - Sikorska2009 TI - Transmissible mink encephalopathy – review of the etiology AB - We review here the history, neuropathology, clinical picture and molecular data on transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME). This obscure disease is of utmost importance as it is plausible that it represents a transmission of hidden bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to mink in the USA. Of special interest is the similarity of L-type of BSE and TME. Furthermore, experimental molecular studies showed the TME strain-specific in vitro conversion in a cell-free system. In addition, we show here for the first time confocal laser microscopy studies of co-localization of PrPd- amyloid plaques and GFAP-expressing astrocytes. AU - Sikorska, Beata AU - Guiroy, Don AU - Bessen, Richard A. SP - 195 EP - 204 DA - 2009 UR - https://www.termedia.pl/Transmissible-mink-encephalopathy-8211-review-of-the-etiology,20,12696,1,1.html ER -