Molecular Genomics and Genetics in Animal Prion Diseases
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1044
Special Issue Editor
Interests: prion diseases; neurodegenerative disorders; prion protein gene (PRNP); prion-like protein gene (PRND); shadow of prion protein gene (SPRN); prion-related protein gene (PRNT); genetics; genomics
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Dear Colleagues,
Prion diseases are fatal, acute, and irreversible neurodegenerative disorders that affect a wide range of hosts. These diseases include scrapie in sheep and goats, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in elk and deer, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. It has been nearly three centuries since the first discovery of prion disease in sheep, which occurred in 1732. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the progression and causative agents of prion diseases remain unclear. To date, genetic factors—such as polymorphisms and mutations in prion disease-related genes—are known to play a pivotal role in prion diseases.
This Special Issue of Animals, titled “Molecular Genomics and Genetics in Animal Prion Diseases”, will focus on research articles and reviews related to the genomics and genetics of animal prion diseases. Emphasis will be placed on genetic susceptibilities and the functional roles of prion disease-related genes, aiming to further our understanding of the pathogenesis of prion diseases in animals.
Dr. Byung-Hoon Jeong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- prion diseases
- prion protein gene (PRNP)
- prion-like protein gene (PRND)
- shadow of prion protein gene (SPRN)
- prion-related protein gene (PRNT)
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
- scrapie
- chronic wasting disease (CWD)
- genetics
- genomics
- polymorphism
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