Lysine 58-cleaved β2-microglobulin is not detectable by 2D electrophoresis in ex vivo amyloid fibrils of two patients affected by dialysis-related amyloidosis

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Giorgetti, Sofia ^a   Stoppini, Monica ^a   Tennent, Glenys A ^b   Relini, Annalisa ^c   Marchese, Loredana ^a   Raimondi, Sara ^a   Monti, Maria ^d   Marini, Sara ^a   Østergaard, Ole ^e   Heegaard, Niels H H ^e   Pucci, Piero ^d   Esposito, Gennaro ^f   Merlini, Giampaolo ^a   Bellotti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Dialysis related amyloidosis; Proteolized variants of 2 microglobulin; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DIALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 33846500701     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062563507     Document Type: Article

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