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Antibody recognition of amyloidogenic transthyretin variants in serum of patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jan 2001
Palha J A, Moreira P, Olofsson A, Lundgren E, Saraiva M J
Abstract excerpt
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a late-onset inherited disease characterized by the deposition of amyloid fibrils. FAP is associated with mutations on the transthyretin (TTR) gene. A monoclonal antibody, MAb 39-44, reacting with high molecular weight aggregates of TTR but not with tetrameric TTR has recently been generated and characterized. This antibody recognizes a cryptic epitope that is...
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