Amyloid aggregates can form from a number of different proteins — indeed ... which can be divided into two distinct types: Hereditary (or familial) TTR amyloidosis is caused by a number of ...

Amyloid proteins are a type of protein that cannot be broken down by the body. Because of this, these proteins build up in ...

“In our study, in 97 patients, we were able to show high levels of sensitivity and specificity for detection of cardiac amyloid in ATTR, AL, and other rare types of systemic amyloidosis ...

These Aβ deposits are overwhelmingly of the diffuse type — they are not composed ... a common structure that is present in several different amyloid-prone synthetic proteins 79.