Localized amyloids important in diseases outside the brain - Lessons from the islets of Langerhans and the thoracic aorta

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3918-3929

  Westermark, Gunilla T ^a   Westermark, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; autophagy; giant cell arteritis; islet amyloid polypeptide; lactadherin; medin; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; BINDING PROTEIN; ELASTIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARANASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LACTADHERIN; MEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FIBRIN FORMATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; ISLET AMYLOID POLYPEPTIDE; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 80053610643     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08298.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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