title: The elusive role of the prion protein and the mechanism of toxicity in prion disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chiesa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011328:Prions / Q000378:metabolism*; D057165:Proteostasis Deficiencies
chemical_list: D018621:PrPC Proteins; D011328:Prions