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Both the environment and somatic mutations govern the aggregation pathway of pathogenic immunoglobulin light chain.
Journal of molecular biology - 9 Nov 2001
Davis D P, Gallo G, Vogen S M, Dul J L, Sciarretta K L, Kumar A, Raffen R, Stevens F J, Argon Y
Abstract excerpt
Deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain (LC) aggregates in tissues is the hallmark of a class of fatal diseases with no effective treatment. In the most prevalent diseases two different types of LC aggregates are observed: fibrillar deposits in LC amyloidosis (AL) and granular aggregates in LC deposition disease (LCDD). The mechanisms by which a given LC forms either type of aggregate are not...
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