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300

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Moira E. Bruce is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their academic profile shows a focus on research and scholarship within this institution. The available data does not include recent papers, co-authors, or specific fields and subfields of study.

No records of publications in particular venues or books published by Moira E. Bruce are present in the data. Similarly, there is no information about main topics of research or awards won, suggesting either a limited publicly available profile or an early stage in their academic career.

Best Publications

  • Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent

    M. E. Bruce;R. G. Will;J. W. Ironside;I. McConnell

  • The disease characteristics of different strains of scrapie in Sinc congenic mouse lines: implications for the nature of the agent and host control of pathogenesis.

    M. E. Bruce;I. McConnell;H. Fraser;A. G. Dickinson

  • Scrapie replication in lymphoid tissues depends on prion protein-expressing follicular dendritic cells.

    K.L. Brown;K. Stewart;D.L. Ritchie;N.A. Mabbott

  • Detection of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infectivity in extraneural tissues

    ME Bruce;I McConnell;RG Will;JW Ironside

  • Early Spread of Scrapie from the Gastrointestinal Tract to the Central Nervous System Involves Autonomic Fibers of the Splanchnic and Vagus Nerves

    Patricia A. McBride;Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer;Maura Donaldson;Moira Bruce

  • PrP protein is associated with follicular dendritic cells of spleens and lymph nodes in uninfected and scrapie-infected mice

    Patricia A. McBride;Piet Eikelenboom;Georg Kraal;Hugh Fraser

  • Temporary inactivation of follicular dendritic cells delays neuroinvasion of scrapie.

    Neil A. Mabbott;Fabienne Mackay;Fiona Minns;Moira E. Bruce

  • Strain characterization of natural sheep scrapie and comparison with BSE.

    Moira E. Bruce;Aileen Boyle;Simon Cousens;Irene McConnell

  • Temporary depletion of complement component C3 or genetic deficiency of C1q significantly delays onset of scrapie

    Neil A. Mabbott;Moira E. Bruce;Marina Botto;Mark J. Walport

  • Transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie to mice.

    H. Fraser;M. E. Bruce;A. Chree;I. McConnell

  • Efficient transmission and characterization of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strains in bank voles.

    Romolo Nonno;Michele A. Di Bari;Franco Cardone;Gabriele Vaccari

  • Migrating intestinal dendritic cells transport PrPSc from the gut

    Fangping Huang;Christine F. Farquhar;Neil A. Mabbott;Moira E. Bruce

  • Adaptation of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent to primates and comparison with Creutzfeldt– Jakob disease: Implications for human health

    Corinne Ida Lasmézas;Jean-Guy Fournier;Virginie Nouvel;Hermann Boe

  • Molecular analysis of ovine prion protein identifies similarities between BSE and an experimental isolate of natural scrapie, CH1641

    J Hope;S C Wood;C R Birkett;Angela Chong

  • Cerebral amyloidosis in scrapie in the mouse. Effect of agent strain and mouse genotype.

    Moira E. Bruce;A. G. Dickinson;H. Fraser

  • Follicular Dendritic Cell Dedifferentiation by Treatment with an Inhibitor of the Lymphotoxin Pathway Dramatically Reduces Scrapie Susceptibility

    Neil A. Mabbott;Janice Young;Irene McConnell;Moira E. Bruce

  • Sites of prion protein accumulation in scrapie-infected mouse spleen revealed by immuno-electron microscopy.

    Martin Jeffrey;Gillian McGovern;Caroline M. Goodsir;Karen L Brown

  • Distribution of the prion protein in sheep terminally affected with BSE following experimental oral transmission.

    J. D. Foster;D. W. Parnham;N. Hunter;M. Bruce

  • Prophylactic potential of pentosan polysulphate in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

    Christine Farquhar;Alan Dickinson;Moira Bruce

  • Detection of type 1 prion protein in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    Helen M. Yull;Diane L. Ritchie;Jan P.M. Langeveld;Fred G. van Zijderveld

  • Detection of BSE infectivity in brain and spleen of experimentally infected sheep.

    J. D. Foster;M. Bruce;I. McConnell;A. Chree

  • Genetic and environmental factors modify bovine spongiform encephalopathy incubation period in mice

    Katerina Manolakou;Jenny Beaton;Irene McConnell;Christine Farquar

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil A. Mabbott
Neil A. Mabbott University of Edinburgh
James W. Ironside
James W. Ironside University of Edinburgh
Martin Jeffrey
Martin Jeffrey Animal and Plant Health Agency
Mark Head
Mark Head University of Edinburgh
Jean Manson
Jean Manson University of Edinburgh
Nora Hunter
Nora Hunter University of Edinburgh
Robert G. Will
Robert G. Will University of Edinburgh
James Hope
James Hope One Health
Wilfred Goldmann
Wilfred Goldmann University of Edinburgh
Simon Cousens
Simon Cousens London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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