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Prions are a disease-causing form of a normal protein called cellular prion protein (PrPC) that is located primarily on the surface of central nervous system cells but also in other tissues of the body in mammals.
By Sally Robertson, BSc. The term prion is derived from proteinacious infectious particle and refers to the pathogen that causes transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). This small infectious particle is a disease-causing form of a protein called cellular prion protein (PrPc).PrPc is mainly found on the surface of cells in the central nervous system, but it is also located in other bodily tissues. prion is composed of abnormally folded protein that causes progressive neurodegenerative conditions, with two of the most notable being Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) seen in cattle and livestock and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) seen in humans.