Herpes Simplex Virus Dances with Amyloid Precursor Protein while Exiting the Cell

Shi-Bin Cheng; Paulette Ferland; Paul Webster; Elaine L. Bearer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017966

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Herpes Simplex Virus Dances with Amyloid Precursor Protein while Exiting the Cell

Shi-Bin Cheng,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Paulette Ferland,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Paul Webster,

Affiliation House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Elaine L. Bearer

* E-mail: ebearer@salud.unm.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Departments of Pathology and of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Herpes Simplex Virus Dances with Amyloid Precursor Protein while Exiting the Cell

Shi-Bin Cheng,
Paulette Ferland,
Paul Webster,
Elaine L. Bearer

Published: March 31, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017966

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This necessitates further investigation

Posted by ejrakes on 11 Apr 2011 at 17:46 GMT

We have a possible underlying cause of one of the most tragic diseases known to mankind. I think this should be further researched until treatable or ruled out as a cause.

Competing interests declared: My patient base is almost entirely elderly and institutionalized.

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