Diseases Featuring Amyloids
| Disease | Protein featured | Official abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's disease | Beta amyloid | Aβ |
| Diabetes mellitus type 2 | IAPP (Amylin) | AIAPP |
| Parkinson's disease | Alpha-synuclein | none |
| Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy e.g. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | PrPSc | APrP |
| Huntington's Disease | Huntingtin | none |
| Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid | Calcitonin | ACal |
| Cardiac arrhythmias, Isolated atrial amyloidosis | Atrial natriuretic factor | AANF |
| Atherosclerosis | Apolipoprotein AI | AApoA1 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | Serum amyloid A | AA |
| Aortic medial amyloid | Medin | AMed |
| Prolactinomas | Prolactin | APro |
| Familial amyloid polyneuropathy | Transthyretin | ATTR |
| Hereditary non-neuropathic systemic amyloidosis | Lysozyme | ALys |
| Dialysis related amyloidosis | Beta 2 microglobulin | Aβ2M |
| Finnish amyloidosis | Gelsolin | AGel |
| Lattice corneal dystrophy | Keratoepithelin | AKer |
| Cerebral amyloid angiopathy | Beta amyloid | Aβ |
| Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (Icelandic type) | Cystatin | ACys |
| systemic AL amyloidosis | Immunoglobulin light chain AL | AL |
| Multiple Myeloma | ||
| Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis | S-IBM | none |
The International Society of Amyloidosis classifies amyloid fibrils based upon associated proteins.
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