Mouse senile amyloid fibrils deposited in skeletal muscle exhibit amyloidosis-enhancing activity.

Amyloidosis describes a group of protein folding diseases in which amyloid proteins are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues as fine fibrils. Mouse senile amyloidosis is a disorder in which apolipoprotein A-II (apoA-II) deposits as amyloid fibrils (AApoAII) and can be transmitted from one a...

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Main Authors: Jinze Qian, Jingmin Yan, Fengxia Ge, Beiru Zhang, Xiaoying Fu, Hiroshi Tomozawa, Jinko Sawashita, Masayuki Mori, Keiichi Higuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2873911?pdf=render