Hereditary transthyretin (hATTR) amyloidosis is a rare progressive disease that is passed from parent to child. It is caused by a mutant form of the transthyretin (TTR) protein that can damage vital ...

Department of Neurology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy (AAG) is a rare and acquired immune-mediated disease that leads to ...

1 Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), Old Westbury, NY, United States 2 Department of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown ...

The kidneys become hard and small with buildup of amyloid. It is important for the nurse to assess the extent of kidney involvement in amyloidosis and the development of the nephrotic syndrome.

Molecular self-assembly of amyloid-beta peptides to form fibrillar aggregates is a known cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Although homogeneous nucleation of amyloid-beta is unfavorable, heterogeneous ...

Multiple myeloma and AL amyloidosis are conditions linked to plasma cells in the bone marrow. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer affecting the plasma cells, which are mostly in the bone marrow.

Experiments involving blood samples were blinded during analysis. TAD1 development was performed by rational design as previously published peptide inhibitors targeting 2 amyloid-driving segments of ...

You may also have other treatments that your eye specialist will discuss with you. An ophthalmologist (pronounced op-thal-mol-o-gist) is a specialist eye doctor or surgeon. They treat conditions of ...

Data are expressed as mean±SD, median (interquartile range) or n (%). AL indicates abnormalities between light chain; BSA, body surface area; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular ...