Protein-only" or "virino" in prion diseases?  

作　　者：YANG Chiming (Chi Ming Yang) & CHEN Yi1. Institute for Life Science and Health at UCSD, P.O.Box 12035, La Jolla, CA 92039, USA 2. Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China Correspondence should be addressed to Yang Chiming 

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2000年第3期285-288,共4页

摘　　要：60-year prion and scrapie research has led to a dilemma in understanding the unknown aetiology of the infectious neurodegenerative disorders with intriguing features. Current progress and dilemma in prion research are briefly but critically reviewed. Instead of providing a comprehensive coverage of the research history, attentions in this view are drawn toward both the major breakthrough in the advancement of protein-only hypothesis, and the puzzle why this hypothesis has not been fully accepted. In order to resolve the prion enigma in neuroscience, it is suggested that both technical and concept barriers remain to be crossed. Since prion research is a multi-interdisciplinary subject, this view is intended to both facilitate a bette r understanding of prion phenomenon by more scientists in natural science, and invite scientists outside the fields of molecular genetics and protein science for collaboration.60-year prion and scrapie research has led to a dilemma in understanding the unknown aetiology of the infectious neurodegenerative disorders with intriguing features. Current progress and dilemma in prion research are briefly but critically reviewed. Instead of providing a comprehensive coverage of the research history, attentions in this view are drawn toward both the major breakthrough in the advancement of protein-only hypothesis, and the puzzle why this hypothesis has not been fully accepted. In order to resolve the prion enigma in neuroscience, it is suggested that both technical and concept barriers remain to be crossed. Since prion research is a multi-interdisciplinary subject, this view is intended to both facilitate a better understanding of prion phenomenon by more scientists in natural science, and invite scientists outside the fields of molecular genetics and protein science for collaboration.

关 键 词：PRIONS MAD COW disease NEURODEGENERATIVE disorder subviral PATHOGEN PRION radical. 

分 类 号：R365[医药卫生—病理学]