Medin amyloid - a matter close to the heart : Studies on medin amyloid formation and involvement in aortic pathology
Amyloidoses are a group of protein misfolding diseases characterized by deposits of insoluble fibrillar protein aggregates. Medin amyloid, which is the focus of this thesis, appears in the media of the thoracic aorta in nearly all individuals over 50 years. The fibrils are derived from a 50 amino ac...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för genetik och patologi
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9275 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7277-1 |