COMPOSITION OF AMYLOID
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AMYLOID NAME
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CLINICAL CORRELATIONS
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Serum amyloid associated protein (acute phase reactant)
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Amyloid A (AA)
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chronic inflammation (leprosy, osteomyelitis, tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.); New Guinea amyloid goiter
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Immunoglobulin light chains
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Amyloid B (AL)
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B-cell proliferations (plasma cell myeloma, benign hyperplasias)
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Transthyretin
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Amyloid C (AF)
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Substituted: Familial syndromes (Amyloid ATTR)
Non-substituted: Old hearts ("senile cardiac amyloidosis")
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Various endocrine proteins
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Amyloid Esub
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Stromas of endocrine tumors (various ones)
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Beta-two microglobulin
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Amyloid H
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Chronic hemodialysis patients
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Amyloid beta protein
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Amyloid beta / A4
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Cores of Alzheimer senile plaques; cerebral blood vessels in Alzheimer's and some congophilic angiopathy patients
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Tau microtubule protein
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tangles, plaques, and granules of Alzheimer's
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Amylin (islet amyloid-associated peptide)
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stroma of insulinomas; islands of some type II diabetics
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Prolactin
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(An amyloid E)
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Old folks' pituitaries
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Atrial natriuretic peptide/factor
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A-ANF
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Old folks' atria
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Keratin
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Amyloid D
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Some skin diseases
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Gamma trace alkaline microprotein (cystatin C)
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Hereditary congophilic angiopathy of Iceland
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Gelsolin
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AGel
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Familial Finnish (Am. J. Path. 126: 1223, 1990)
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Prion Precursor Protein (PRPP)
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AScr
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Prion diseases
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Apolipoprotein A1 (Am. J. Path. 154: 221, 1999)
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AApoA1
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Familial Iowa amyloid; dog amyloid
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