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[[Amyloid]] is an abnormal insoluble [[extracellular]] [[protein]] that deposits in the different tissues and causes organic dysfunction and a wide variety of clinical syndromes. In primary amyloidosis, [[amyloid]] gradually accumulate and [[amyloid]] deposition is widespread in the viscera (mainly kidneys, heart and liver), [[blood vessel]] walls, and in the different [[Connective tissue|connective tissues]]. | [[Amyloid]] is an abnormal insoluble [[extracellular]] [[protein]] that deposits in the different tissues and causes organic dysfunction and a wide variety of clinical syndromes. In primary amyloidosis, [[amyloid]] gradually accumulate and [[amyloid]] deposition is widespread in the viscera (mainly kidneys, heart and liver), [[blood vessel]] walls, and in the different [[Connective tissue|connective tissues]]. Primary (AL) amyloidosis) is the most common type of amyloidosis. It results from aggregation and deposition of monoclonal [[Immunoglobulin|immunoglobulin (Ig)]] [[Light chain|light chains]] that usually produced by [[plasma cell]] clones. | ||
== Pathophysiology == | |||
[[Amyloid]] is an abnormal insoluble [[extracellular]] [[protein]] that deposits in the different tissues and causes organic dysfunction and a wide variety of clinical syndromes. In primary amyloidosis, [[amyloid]] gradually accumulate and [[amyloid]] deposition is widespread in the viscera (mainly kidneys, heart and liver), [[blood vessel]] walls, and in the different [[Connective tissue|connective tissues]]. | |||
=== Pathogenesis === | |||
'''Amyloids''' | |||
* Amyloids consist of aggregated proteins that accumulate extracellularly as insoluble fibrils of misfolded proteins. Pathogenic amyloids are the consequence of previously normal proteins that lose their physiological properties and assume a beta-pleated quaternary configuration with a characteristic appearance on electron microscopy. The axis of the fiber (5-15nm in width) in these deposits is perpendicular to antiparallel chains of beta peptides. | |||
* These misfolded proteins are seen in various diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (beta-amyloid), diabetes mellitus type 2 (amylin), Parkinson's disease (alpha-synuclein), fatal familial insomnia (PrPsc), Huntington's disease (Huntingtin), medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (calcitonin), atherosclerosis (apolipiprotein A-I), rheumatoid arthritis (serm amyloid A), Lattice corneal dystrophy (keratoepithelin) and trasnmissible spongiform encephalopathy (PrP). | |||
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Overview
Amyloid is an abnormal insoluble extracellular protein that deposits in the different tissues and causes organic dysfunction and a wide variety of clinical syndromes. In primary amyloidosis, amyloid gradually accumulate and amyloid deposition is widespread in the viscera (mainly kidneys, heart and liver), blood vessel walls, and in the different connective tissues. Primary (AL) amyloidosis) is the most common type of amyloidosis. It results from aggregation and deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) light chains that usually produced by plasma cell clones.
Pathophysiology
Amyloid is an abnormal insoluble extracellular protein that deposits in the different tissues and causes organic dysfunction and a wide variety of clinical syndromes. In primary amyloidosis, amyloid gradually accumulate and amyloid deposition is widespread in the viscera (mainly kidneys, heart and liver), blood vessel walls, and in the different connective tissues.
Pathogenesis
Amyloids
- Amyloids consist of aggregated proteins that accumulate extracellularly as insoluble fibrils of misfolded proteins. Pathogenic amyloids are the consequence of previously normal proteins that lose their physiological properties and assume a beta-pleated quaternary configuration with a characteristic appearance on electron microscopy. The axis of the fiber (5-15nm in width) in these deposits is perpendicular to antiparallel chains of beta peptides.
- These misfolded proteins are seen in various diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (beta-amyloid), diabetes mellitus type 2 (amylin), Parkinson's disease (alpha-synuclein), fatal familial insomnia (PrPsc), Huntington's disease (Huntingtin), medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (calcitonin), atherosclerosis (apolipiprotein A-I), rheumatoid arthritis (serm amyloid A), Lattice corneal dystrophy (keratoepithelin) and trasnmissible spongiform encephalopathy (PrP).