Imidacloprid Influence on Prion Protein as a Probable Cause of Creutzfeldt –Jakob Disease
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2021-07-12
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
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Abstract: Imidacloprid is an insecticide used widely in the United States and Canada to kill insects that cause harm in
farms and affect wide range of vegetables, seeds and fruits crops. In this review we use many evidences to suggest the
responsibility of chronic exposure to Imidacloprid in development of Creutzfeldt –Jakob disease by causing
modification phosphatidylinositol anchor on the prion protein. Excess use of these insecticide in Canada and US lead to
occurrence of most cases of CJD in both countries. Experimental work needed to confirm this hypothesis.