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B lymphocytes in prion neuroinvasion: Central or peripheral players?

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New findings suggest that B cells are not as important for prion replication in peripheral tissues and for prion transport to the central nervous system as previously thought (pages 1429–1433)

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Collinge, J., Hawke, S. B lymphocytes in prion neuroinvasion: Central or peripheral players? . Nat Med 4, 1369–1370 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3955

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