Is indeed the prion protein a Harlequin servant of "many" masters?

Bridging Physiology and Pathology in AD

(2009) Dohoon Kim et al.   CELL

PrPcactivation induces neurite outgrowth and differentiation in PC12 cells: role for caveolin-1 in the signal transduction pathway

(2009) Barbara Pantera et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Cellular prion protein mediates impairment of synaptic plasticity by amyloid-β oligomers

(2009) Juha Laurén et al.   NATURE

SOC: now also store-operated cyclase

(2009) James W. Putney   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Regulation of Embryonic Cell Adhesion by the Prion Protein

(2009) Edward Málaga-Trillo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Prion's Elusive Reason for Being

(2008) Adriano Aguzzi et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

From cell protection to death: May Ca2+ signals explain the chameleonic attributes of the mammalian prion protein?

(2008) M. Catia Sorgato et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The 67 kDa laminin receptor: structure, function and role in disease

(2008) John Nelson et al.   BIOSCIENCE REPORTS

Signaling mechanisms of neurite outgrowth induced by the cell adhesion molecules NCAM and N-Cadherin

(2008) S. M. Hansen et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Prion protein attenuates excitotoxicity by inhibiting NMDA receptors

(2008) Houman Khosravani et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Altered Neuron Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellar Granular Layer of Juvenile Prion Protein Knock-Out Mice with Impaired Motor Control

(2008) F. Prestori et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Physiology of the Prion Protein

(2008) Rafael Linden et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Src and FAK are key early signalling intermediates required for neurite growth in NGF-responsive adult DRG neurons

(2007) Budd A. Tucker et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING