Multiple choice

Prions are highly infectious particles leading to various diseases in human beings. Prions are

  1. relatively sensitive to protease digestion

  2. associated with CGD

  3. present in follicular dendritic cells in individuals with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

  4. normally eliminated by B-cells

  5. destroyed by macrophages
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C Correct answer
Explanation

FDCs naturally express high levels of the normal prion protein which then becomes abnormal following exposure to the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agent.

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