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Amyloidosis is a
group of
diseases in
which abnormal proteins,
known as
amyloid fibrils,
build up in tissue.
There are
several non-specific and
vague signs...
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Amyloids are
aggregates of
proteins characterised by a
fibrillar morphology of
typically 7–13 nm in diameter, a β-sheet
secondary structure (known as cross-β)...
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Macular degeneration, also
known as age-related
macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a
medical condition which may
result in
blurred or no
vision in...
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terms such as "neuroglia", "agenesis", "parenchyma", "osteoid", "
amyloid degeneration", and "spina bifida";
terms such as Virchow's node, Virchow–Robin...
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Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a rare
neurodegenerative disease involving the
cerebral cortex and the
basal ganglia. CBD
symptoms typically begin in...
- PMID 416662. Peat, Ray. "BSE - mad cow - s****ie, etc.:
Stimulated amyloid degeneration and the
toxic fats". RayPeat.com. Holub,
Miroslav (1990). Vanishing...
- cellulose, "
amyloid"
actually is rich in protein.
Subsequent research has
shown that many
different proteins can form
amyloid, and that all
amyloids show birefringence...
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Amyloid-beta
precursor protein (APP) is an
integral membrane protein expressed in many
tissues and
concentrated in the
synapses of neurons. It functions...
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Granulovacuolar degeneration refers to the
occurrence within neurons of abnormal, fluid-filled
bubbles (vacuoles)
containing a
dense proteinaceous granule...
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degeneration.
Recent studies have
linked these changes to
twisting and
misalignment of
broken axon microtubules, as well as tau
protein and
amyloid precursor...
