Article
Assessment of the biochemical basis underlying the resistance against systemic amyloidosis.
Scientific reports - 9 Jan 2026
Moderer Tim, Schnell Adrian F, Scheurmann Natalie J, Schmidt Matthias, Haupt Christian, Schwierz Nadine, Fändrich Marcus
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid resistance is the reduced or abrogated ability of an organism to develop a specific type of amyloid disease. For example, it was found that certain mouse strains show resistance against systemic AA amyloidosis, due to mutations in the amyloid fibril precursor protein serum amyloid A (SAA). In this research, we find that the SAA1.5 and 2.2, two SAA-isoforms that underlie amyloid resistance in mice are...
Topics
- Animals
- Serum Amyloid A Protein
- Amyloidosis
- Amyloid
- Mice
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Protein Isoforms
- Mutation
