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    Kurt Giles, PhD

    TitleAssociate Professor
    SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeurology
    Address675 Nelson Rising Lane
    San Francisco CA 94158
    Phone415-502-7090
    Emailkgiles@ind.ucsf.edu

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      1. Silber BM, Rao S, Fife KL, Gallardo-Godoy A, Renslo AR, Dalvie DK, Giles K, Freyman Y, Elepano M, Gever JR, Li Z, Jacobson MP, Huang Y, Benet LZ, Prusiner SB. Pharmacokinetics and metabolism of 2-aminothiazoles with antiprion activity in mice. Pharm Res. 2013 Apr; 30(4):932-50.
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      2. Tamgüney G, Giles K, Oehler A, Johnson NL, Dearmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Chimeric elk/mouse prion proteins in transgenic mice. J Gen Virol. 2013 Feb; 94(Pt 2):443-52.
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      3. Ahn M, Ghaemmaghami S, Huang Y, Phuan PW, May BC, Giles K, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Pharmacokinetics of quinacrine efflux from mouse brain via the P-glycoprotein efflux transporter. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e39112.
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      4. Stöhr J, Watts JC, Mensinger ZL, Oehler A, Grillo SK, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB, Giles K. Purified and synthetic Alzheimer's amyloid beta (Aß) prions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 3; 109(27):11025-30.
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      5. Giles K, De Nicola GF, Patel S, Glidden DV, Korth C, Oehler A, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Identification of I137M and other mutations that modulate incubation periods for two human prion strains. J Virol. 2012 Jun; 86(11):6033-41.
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      6. Watts JC, Giles K, Stöhr J, Oehler A, Bhardwaj S, Grillo SK, Patel S, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Spontaneous generation of rapidly transmissible prions in transgenic mice expressing wild-type bank vole prion protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 28; 109(9):3498-503.
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      7. Nazor Friberg K, Hung G, Wancewicz E, Giles K, Black C, Freier S, Bennett F, Dearmond SJ, Freyman Y, Lessard P, Ghaemmaghami S, Prusiner SB. Intracerebral Infusion of Antisense Oligonucleotides Into Prion-infected Mice. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2012; 1:e9.
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      8. Tamgüney G, Richt JA, Hamir AN, Greenlee JJ, Miller MW, Wolfe LL, Sirochman TM, Young AJ, Glidden DV, Johnson NL, Giles K, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Salivary prions in sheep and deer. Prion. 2012 Jan-Mar; 6(1):52-61.
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      9. Stöhr J, Watts JC, Legname G, Oehler A, Lemus A, Nguyen HO, Sussman J, Wille H, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB, Giles K. Spontaneous generation of anchorless prions in transgenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 27; 108(52):21223-8.
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      10. Watts JC, Stöhr J, Bhardwaj S, Wille H, Oehler A, Dearmond SJ, Giles K, Prusiner SB. Protease-resistant prions selectively decrease Shadoo protein. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Nov; 7(11):e1002382.
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      11. Safar JG, Giles K, Lessard P, Letessier F, Patel S, Serban A, Dearmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Conserved properties of human and bovine prion strains on transmission to guinea pigs. Lab Invest. 2011 Sep; 91(9):1326-36.
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      12. Watts JC, Giles K, Grillo SK, Lemus A, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Bioluminescence imaging of Abeta deposition in bigenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 8; 108(6):2528-33.
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      13. Zhang Y, Kim SO, Opsahl-Vital S, Ho SP, Souron JB, Kim C, Giles K, Den Besten PK. Multiple effects of the cellular prion protein on tooth development. Int J Dev Biol. 2011; 55(10-12):953-60.
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      14. Giles K, Glidden DV, Patel S, Korth C, Groth D, Lemus A, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Human prion strain selection in transgenic mice. Ann Neurol. 2010 Aug; 68(2):151-61.
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      15. Ghaemmaghami S, Ahn M, Lessard P, Giles K, Legname G, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Continuous quinacrine treatment results in the formation of drug-resistant prions. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Nov; 5(11):e1000673.
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      16. Colby DW, Giles K, Legname G, Wille H, Baskakov IV, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Design and construction of diverse mammalian prion strains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 1; 106(48):20417-22.
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      17. Tamgüney G, Francis KP, Giles K, Lemus A, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Measuring prions by bioluminescence imaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 1; 106(35):15002-6.
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      18. Tamgüney G, Miller MW, Giles K, Lemus A, Glidden DV, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Transmission of scrapie and sheep-passaged bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions to transgenic mice expressing elk prion protein. J Gen Virol. 2009 Apr; 90(Pt 4):1035-47.
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      19. Giles K, Glidden DV, Beckwith R, Seoanes R, Peretz D, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Resistance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions to inactivation. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Nov; 4(11):e1000206.
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      20. Spilman P, Lessard P, Sattavat M, Bush C, Tousseyn T, Huang EJ, Giles K, Golde T, Das P, Fauq A, Prusiner SB, Dearmond SJ. A gamma-secretase inhibitor and quinacrine reduce prions and prevent dendritic degeneration in murine brains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 29; 105(30):10595-600.
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      21. Tamgüney G, Giles K, Glidden DV, Lessard P, Wille H, Tremblay P, Groth DF, Yehiely F, Korth C, Moore RC, Tatzelt J, Rubinstein E, Boucheix C, Yang X, Stanley P, Lisanti MP, Dwek RA, Rudd PM, Moskovitz J, Epstein CJ, Cruz TD, Kuziel WA, Maeda N, Sap J, Ashe KH, Carlson GA, Tesseur I, Wyss-Coray T, Mucke L, Weisgraber KH, Mahley RW, Cohen FE, Prusiner SB. Genes contributing to prion pathogenesis. J Gen Virol. 2008 Jul; 89(Pt 7):1777-88.
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      22. Phuan PW, Zorn JA, Safar J, Giles K, Prusiner SB, Cohen FE, May BC. Discriminating between cellular and misfolded prion protein by using affinity to 9-aminoacridine compounds. J Gen Virol. 2007 Apr; 88(Pt 4):1392-401.
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      23. Karpuj MV, Giles K, Gelibter-Niv S, Scott MR, Lingappa VR, Szoka FC, Peretz D, Denetclaw W, Prusiner SB. Phosphorothioate oligonucleotides reduce PrP levels and prion infectivity in cultured cells. Mol Med. 2007 Mar-Apr; 13(3-4):190-8.
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      24. Philipp WJ, Groth D, Giles K, Vodrazka P, Schimmel H, Feyssaguet M, Toomik R, Schacher P, Osman AA, Lachmann I, Wear A, Arsac JN, Prusiner SB. Transgenic mouse brains for the evaluation and quality control of BSE tests. Biol Chem. 2007 Mar; 388(3):349-54.
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      25. Tamgüney G, Giles K, Bouzamondo-Bernstein E, Bosque PJ, Miller MW, Safar J, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Transmission of elk and deer prions to transgenic mice. J Virol. 2006 Sep; 80(18):9104-14.
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      26. Peretz D, Supattapone S, Giles K, Vergara J, Freyman Y, Lessard P, Safar JG, Glidden DV, McCulloch C, Nguyen HO, Scott M, Dearmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Inactivation of prions by acidic sodium dodecyl sulfate. J Virol. 2006 Jan; 80(1):322-31.
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      27. Safar JG, Geschwind MD, Deering C, Didorenko S, Sattavat M, Sanchez H, Serban A, Vey M, Baron H, Giles K, Miller BL, Dearmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Diagnosis of human prion disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 1; 102(9):3501-6.
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      28. Kryger G, Harel M, Giles K, Toker L, Velan B, Lazar A, Kronman C, Barak D, Ariel N, Shafferman A, Silman I, Sussman JL. Structures of recombinant native and E202Q mutant human acetylcholinesterase complexed with the snake-venom toxin fasciculin-II. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Nov; 56(Pt 11):1385-94.
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      29. Navaratnam DS, Fernando FS, Priddle JD, Giles K, Clegg SM, Pappin DJ, Craig I, Smith AD. Hydrophobic protein that copurifies with human brain acetylcholinesterase: amino acid sequence, genomic organization, and chromosomal localization. J Neurochem. 2000 May; 74(5):2146-53.
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      30. Cousin X, Hotelier T, Giles K, Toutant JP, Chatonnet A. aCHEdb: the database system for ESTHER, the alpha/beta fold family of proteins and the Cholinesterase gene server. Nucleic Acids Res. 1998 Jan 1; 26(1):226-8.
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      31. Giles K. Interactions underlying subunit association in cholinesterases. Protein Eng. 1997 Jun; 10(6):677-85.
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      32. Cousin X, Hotelier T, Giles K, Lievin P, Toutant JP, Chatonnet A. The alpha/beta fold family of proteins database and the cholinesterase gene server ESTHER. Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Jan 1; 25(1):143-6.
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      33. Webb CP, Nedergaard S, Giles K, Greenfield SA. Involvement of the NMDA receptor in a non-cholinergic action of acetylcholinesterase in guinea-pig substantia nigra pars compacta neurons. Eur J Neurosci. 1996 Apr; 8(4):837-41.
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