Approaches to Therapy of Prion Diseases
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Medicine
- Vol. 56 (1) , 321-344
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.med.56.062404.172936
Abstract
Devising approaches to the therapy of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, is beset by many difficulties. For one, the nature of the infectious agent, the prion, is understood only in outline, and its composition, structure, and mode of replication are still shrouded in mystery. In addition, the mechanism of pathogenesis is not well understood. Because clinical disease affects mainly the brain parenchyme, therapeutic agents must be able to traverse the brain-blood barrier (BBB) or have to be introduced directly into the cerebrospinal fluid or brain tissue. And finally, because the disease is usually recognized only after onset of severe clinical symptoms, the question arises as to whether the neurodegenerative processes can be reversed to any extent after a successful eradication of the agent.Keywords
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