NR ABMM
AU Boratynski,J.; Gorski,A.
TI BSE: a consequence of cattle feeding with glycated molecules host-unknown?
QU Medical Hypotheses 2002 Apr; 58(4): 276-8
PT journal article
AB Although there is much evidence supporting a prion contribution in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, a novel point of view as to the induction of the diseases can be proposed. It is hypothesized that neurodegenerative diseases, such as scrapie in sheep and goats and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle (BSE), originate from the consumption of glycated proteins contained in their feed. These components are obtained during a high-temperature glycation process.
AD Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, 53-114 Poland. borat@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl
SP englisch
PO Schottland