This group of hereditary disorders is characterized by amyloid deposition, an insoluable protein degradation product. Various organs can be affected including the kidneys.
Amyloidosis can be classified in hereditary, inflammatory, and neoplastic. Local and systemic forms may be distinguished. The the pathological and biochemical classification is based on fibrils. As this webpage only covers hereditary forms the classification is according the causative gene.
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Lachmann HJ et al. (2002) Misdiagnosis of hereditary amyloidosis as AL (primary) amyloidosis. |
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Valleix S et al. (2012) Hereditary systemic amyloidosis due to Asp76Asn variant β2-microglobulin. |
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None (1985) The United Kingdom Medical Research Council's glomerulonephritis registry. |
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Benson MD et al. (1993) Hereditary renal amyloidosis associated with a mutant fibrinogen alpha-chain. |
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Uemichi T et al. (1994) Hereditary renal amyloidosis with a novel variant fibrinogen. |
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Haltia M et al. (1992) Gelsolin gene mutationat codon 187in familial amyloidosis, Finnish: DNA-diagnostic assay. |
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Paunio T et al. (1992) Solid-phase minisequencing test reveals Asp187--Asn (G654--A) mutation of gelsolin in all affected individuals with Finnish type of familial amyloidosis. |
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de la Chapelle A et al. (1992) Familial amyloidosis, Finnish type: G654----a mutation of the gelsolin gene in Finnish families and an unrelated American family. |
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Maury CP et al. (1990) Finnish hereditary amyloidosis. Amino acid sequence homology between the amyloid fibril protein and human plasma gelsoline. |
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Haltia M et al. (1990) Amyloid in familial amyloidosis, Finnish type, is antigenically and structurally related to gelsolin. |
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Maury CP et al. (1990) Finnish hereditary amyloidosis is caused by a single nucleotide substitution in the gelsolin gene. |
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None (1973) Genetic aspects of familial amyloidosis with corneal lattice dystrophy and cranial neuropathy. |
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Purcell JJ et al. (1983) Lattice corneal dystrophy associated with familial systemic amyloidosis (Meretoja's syndrome). |
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Sack GH et al. (1981) Three forms of dominant amyloid neuropathy. |
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None (1993) Homozygous familial amyloidosis, Finnish type: demonstration of glomerular gelsolin-derived amyloid and non-amyloid tubular gelsolin. |
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Granel B et al. (2005) Underdiagnosed amyloidosis: amyloidosis of lysozyme variant. |
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Zalin AM et al. (1991) Familial nephropathic non-neuropathic amyloidosis: clinical features, immunohistochemistry and chemistry. |
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Pepys MB et al. (1993) Human lysozyme gene mutations cause hereditary systemic amyloidosis. |
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Hofstra RM et al. (1996) RET mutation screening in familial cutaneous lichen amyloidosis and in skin amyloidosis associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia. |
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Seri M et al. (1997) A Cys634Gly substitution of the RET proto-oncogene in a family with recurrence of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A and cutaneous lichen amyloidosis. |
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Uemichi T et al. (1999) Oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis associated with a new transthyretin variant Ser64. |
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Hund E et al. (2001) Transthyretin-associated neuropathic amyloidosis. Pathogenesis and treatment. |
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None (2001) Transthyretin mutations in hyperthyroxinemia and amyloid diseases. |
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Ikeda S et al. (2002) Familial transthyretin-type amyloid polyneuropathy in Japan: clinical and genetic heterogeneity. |
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Blevins G et al. (2003) Oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis in a large kindred with a new transthyretin variant Tyr69His. |
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None (1952) A peculiar form of peripheral neuropathy; familiar atypical generalized amyloidosis with special involvement of the peripheral nerves. |
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Jacobson DR et al. (1992) Transthyretin Pro55, a variant associated with early-onset, aggressive, diffuse amyloidosis with cardiac and neurologic involvement. |
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KAUFMAN HE et al. (1959) Vitreous opacities diagnostic of familial primary amyloidosis. |
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Liu YT et al. (2008) Transthyretin Ala97Ser in Chinese-Taiwanese patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy: genetic studies and phenotype expression. |
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None (1991) Inherited amyloidosis. |
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Hagiwara K et al. (2009) Highly selective leptomeningeal amyloidosis with transthyretin variant Ala25Thr. |
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Yang NC et al. (2010) Clinical presentations and skin denervation in amyloid neuropathy due to transthyretin Ala97Ser. |
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Westermark P et al. (1990) Fibril in senile systemic amyloidosis is derived from normal transthyretin. |
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Ikeda S et al. (1987) Hereditary generalized amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. Clinicopathological study of 65 Japanese patients. |
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Sequeiros J et al. (1987) Onset in the seventh decade and lack of symptoms in heterozygotes for the TTRMet30 mutation in hereditary amyloid neuropathy-type I (Portuguese, Andrade). |
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Uitti RJ et al. (1988) Familial oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis. Report of a new family with unusual features. |
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Holmgren G et al. (1988) Homozygosity for the transthyretin-met30-gene in two Swedish sibs with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. |
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Furuya H et al. (1987) Molecular analysis of a variant type of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy showing cerebellar ataxia and pyramidal tract signs. |
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Mahloudji M et al. (1969) The genetic amyloidoses with particular reference to hereditary neuropathic amyloidosis, type II (Indiana or Rukavina type). |
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Wong VG et al. (1967) Primary familial amyloidosis. |
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Saraiva MJ et al. (1984) Amyloid fibril protein in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, Portuguese type. Definition of molecular abnormality in transthyretin (prealbumin). |
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None (1981) Partial amino acid sequence homology between an heredofamilial amyloid protein and human plasma prealbumin. |
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Dalakas MC et al. (1981) Amyloid in hereditary amyloid polyneuropathy is related to prealbumin. |
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Goren H et al. (1980) Familial oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis. |
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Ducla-Soares J et al. (1994) Correlation between clinical, electromyographic and dysautonomic evolution of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy of the Portuguese type. |
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Holmgren G et al. (1994) Geographical distribution of TTR met30 carriers in northern Sweden: discrepancy between carrier frequency and prevalence rate. |
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Coelho T et al. (1994) A study of 159 Portuguese patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) whose parents were both unaffected. |
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Vidal R et al. (1996) Meningocerebrovascular amyloidosis associated with a novel transthyretin mis-sense mutation at codon 18 (TTRD 18G) |
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Herrick MK et al. (1996) Massive leptomeningeal amyloidosis associated with a Val30Met transthyretin gene. |
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Garzuly F et al. (1996) Familial meningocerebrovascular amyloidosis, Hungarian type, with mutant transthyretin (TTR Asp18Gly) |
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Jacobson DR et al. (1997) Variant-sequence transthyretin (isoleucine 122) in late-onset cardiac amyloidosis in black Americans. |
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Reixach N et al. (2004) Tissue damage in the amyloidoses: Transthyretin monomers and nonnative oligomers are the major cytotoxic species in tissue culture. |
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Koike H et al. (2004) Pathology of early- vs late-onset TTR Met30 familial amyloid polyneuropathy. |
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Lin MW et al. (2005) Suggestive linkage of familial primary cutaneous amyloidosis to a locus on chromosome 1q23. |
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Ando Y et al. (2005) Transthyretin-related familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. |
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Holmgren G et al. (1991) Biochemical effect of liver transplantation in two Swedish patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP-met30). |
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Sandgren O et al. (1991) Vitreous involvement in familial amyloidotic neuropathy: a genealogical and genetic study. |
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Lee DD et al. (2006) Genome-wide scan identifies a susceptibility locus for familial primary cutaneous amyloidosis on chromosome 5p13.1-q11.2. |
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Dowell JD et al. (2007) Familial oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis associated with primary angiitis of the CNS. |
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Arita K et al. (2008) Oncostatin M receptor-beta mutations underlie familial primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis. |
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Starck T et al. (1991) Clinical and histopathologic studies of two families with lattice corneal dystrophy and familial systemic amyloidosis (Meretoja syndrome). |
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Tanaka A et al. (2009) New insight into mechanisms of pruritus from molecular studies on familial primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis. |
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Lin MW et al. (2010) Novel IL31RA gene mutation and ancestral OSMR mutant allele in familial primary cutaneous amyloidosis. |
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Yi S et al. (1991) Systemic amyloidosis in transgenic mice carrying the human mutant transthyretin (Met30) gene. Pathologic similarity to human familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, type I. |
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Okayama M et al. (1978) Primary amyloidosis with familial vitreous opacities: an unusual case and family. |
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Bodin K et al. (2010) Antibodies to human serum amyloid P component eliminate visceral amyloid deposits. |
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Coelho T et al. (2013) Safety and efficacy of RNAi therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis. |
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Costa PP et al. (1978) Amyloid fibril protein related to prealbumin in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. |
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Yamada M et al. (1987) "Sporadic" prealbumin-related amyloid polyneuropathy: report of two cases. |
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Ueno S et al. (1988) 'Nonprealbumin-related' familial amyloid polyneuropathy. |
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Tanaka M et al. (1988) Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy without familial occurrence: carrier detection by the radioimmunoassay of variant transthyretin. |
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None (1984) Familial lichen amyloidosis. |
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None (1981) Primary familial cutaneous amyloidosis. a study of HLA antigens in a Puerto Rican family. |
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Cornwell GG et al. (1981) Senile cardiac amyloid: evidence that fibrils contain a protein immunologically related to prealbumin. |
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