title: Human and animal spongiform encephalopathies are autoimmune diseases: a novel theory and its supporting evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Bao Ting
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018448:Models, Immunological; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D018620:PrPSc Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D018621:PrPC Proteins; D018620:PrPSc Proteins