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This Science news article discusses mouse research which indicates prion involvement.
Prion like clumps of islet amyloid polypeptide are found in humans with type 2 diabetes.
When injected into healthy mice amyloid clumps formed and the mice developed diabetic symptoms.
Prions are mis-folded versions of a normally encoded protein that can propagate their mis-folded weirdness to otherwise normal proteins encoded by the same gene. They are involved in brain diseases like Mad Cow Disease, Kuru, and Creuztfeldt-Jacob disease.
If transferred to a different individual, prions can propagate their disease state to the new hosts (if the new animal has the normal protein present).
Prion like clumps of islet amyloid polypeptide are found in humans with type 2 diabetes.
When injected into healthy mice amyloid clumps formed and the mice developed diabetic symptoms.
Prions are mis-folded versions of a normally encoded protein that can propagate their mis-folded weirdness to otherwise normal proteins encoded by the same gene. They are involved in brain diseases like Mad Cow Disease, Kuru, and Creuztfeldt-Jacob disease.
If transferred to a different individual, prions can propagate their disease state to the new hosts (if the new animal has the normal protein present).