Amyloid and Amyloidosis 1990: VIth International Symposium on Amyloidosis August 5–8, 1990, Oslo, Norway

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Welcome!....Pages 1-3
Elliott F. Osserman in Memoriam....Pages 5-5
The 1990 Guidelines for Nomenclature and Classification of Amyloid and Amyloidosis....Pages 7-11
The Human Serum Amyloid a Genes and their Regulation by Inflammatory Cytokines....Pages 13-19
Genetic Isofocusing Variant of Human Serum Amyloid A....Pages 20-23
Sequence Analysis of a Third Human SAA Gene....Pages 24-27
Human Serum Amyloid-A Protein: Variability Demonstrated by CDNA Sequencing and Expression Studies....Pages 28-31
Abyssinian Cat Model of AA Amyloidosis: SAA Gene Analysis....Pages 32-35
Mink Serum Amyloid a Protein — Expression and Primary Structure of Amyloidogenic and Non-Amyloidogenic Isotypes....Pages 36-39
Primary Structure of Two Rabbit Serum Amyloid a Proteins (SAA) Based on cDNA Sequence....Pages 40-43
Biosynthesis and Processing of SAA by Mouse L-Cells Transfected with the Human SAAg9 Gene....Pages 44-47
Regulation of serum amyloid A (SAA) synthesis in Hep 3B cells by cytokines and corticosteroids.....Pages 48-51
Regulation of SAA Synthesis by Cytokines in a Human Hepatoma Cell Line.....Pages 52-56
SAA Secretion from Cytokine-Stimulated Human Hepatoma Cells Requires HDL....Pages 57-61
Interferon Alfa Induce Tnf Elevations in vivo. Correlation with Other Acute Phase Reactants.....Pages 62-65
Acute Phase Protein, Serum Amyloid A, Inhibits IL-1- and Tnf-Induced Fever and Hypothalamic Pge 2 in Mice....Pages 66-67
Human Recombinant TNF-α and Poly I.Poly C Induce SAA and Enhance Amyloidosis in Hamster.....Pages 68-70
The Physiology of the Acute Phase Serum Amyloid a (SAA) Response in Mice....Pages 71-74
Mouse SAA 3 : Detection in Mouse Tissues with Specific Antibody....Pages 75-78
Generation and Use of Site-Specific Antibodies Against SAA.....Pages 79-82
The N-Terminus is the Lipid-Binding Site of SAA: Supporting Evidence by MoAbs....Pages 83-86
Epitope Mapping of Amyloid-A Protein Using Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 87-90
Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis in a 14 Year Old with No Predisposing Disease....Pages 91-94
Induction of Amyloidosis in Mice: Preparation of Active Azocasein (AZO) and Effect of Endotoxin (LPS).....Pages 95-98
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) Induction in the Serum High Density Lipoproteins of the Syrian Hamster....Pages 99-102
The Complete Primary Structure of Bovine Serum Amyloid Protein a (SAA) and of Tissue Amyloid Fibril Protein a (AA) Subspecies....Pages 103-106
Degradation of SAA in Amyloid Fibrils by Elastase.....Pages 107-110
Evolutionary Aspects of Protein SAA....Pages 111-114
Strain Specific Variation in Expression of Novel Mouse apo-SAA Isoforms....Pages 115-118
SAA Isotypes in Patients with Secondary Amyloidosis....Pages 119-123
Differential Regulation of Human Serum Amyloid a Isoforms....Pages 125-128
The Effect of SAA-Derived Fragment — SAA 2–82 — On Platelet Aggregation....Pages 129-132
Serum Amyloid A, an Acute Phase Protein, Inhibits Platelet Activation....Pages 133-134
Serum Amyloid A (SAA)-Related Peptide Isolated from Synovial Fluid Modulates Superoxide Production by Human Neutrophils.....Pages 135-138
Antiplatelet Aggregation Activity of Serum Amyloid a (SAA) Related Peptides....Pages 139-142
Effect of Purified Serum Amyloid a On Growth and Differentiation of Transformed Cells....Pages 143-145
Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL) in 1990.....Pages 147-152
Comparison of the Amino Acid Sequences of Ten Kappa I Amyloid Proteins for Amyloidogenic Sequences....Pages 153-156
Characterization of a kAL Protein and Two Amyloidogenic kBJP in three Cases of Immunoglobulin Amyloidosis....Pages 157-160
Biclonality in Amyloidosis Patient MAL: One Clone Produncing an Amyloidogenic, the Other a Non-Amyloidogenic Kappa L-Chain — AL Amyloidosis....Pages 161-164
Complete Amino-Acid Sequence of a Kappa Light Chain Fragment Isolated from the Urine of Amyloidosis Patient MAL....Pages 165-168
Comparative Studies of Two AL Chains of Kappa-III Light Chain Origin with and without Attached Carbohydrate (AL So124 and AL 700)....Pages 169-172
Structural Studies of Two Carbohydrate-Containing AL Chains (Λll) AL NØV And AL MC.....Pages 173-176
Complete Amino-Acid Sequence of AL-Bence-Jones Protein POL of the Lambda I Subclass....Pages 177-180
Complete Amino-Acid Sequence of AL-Lambda 1.1 Bence-Jones Protein EZI....Pages 181-184
Complete Amino-Acid Sequence of a Lambda Amyloid Fibril Protein Isolated from the Liver of Amyloidosis Patient DIA....Pages 185-188
Systemic AL Amyloidosis in a Cat....Pages 189-192
Experimental Production of Human Amyloidosis AL....Pages 193-196
AL Amyloid, L-Chain And L & H-Chain Deposition Diseases: Comparison of Ig Synthesis and Tissue Deposition.....Pages 197-200
Gene Rearrangement Studies in the Diagnosis Of ‘Primary’ Systemic Amyloidosis and Nodular Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis....Pages 201-202
Clinicopathologic Correlations in 109 Patients with Systemic Amyloidosis Studied by Immunocytochemistry....Pages 203-206
Quantification of Non-Light Chain Amyloid Precursors and Acute Phase-Related Proteins in AL-Amyloid Sera.....Pages 207-210
Incidence and Epidemiology of Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL) in Olmsted County, Minnesota: 1950 Through 1989....Pages 211-214
Low Incidence of AL Amyloidosis in Japan....Pages 215-218
Clinical Indications of Systemic Amyloidosis in Myeloma Patients....Pages 219-222
Bence Jones Proteinemia Without Bence Jones Proteinuria in AL Amyloidosis....Pages 223-226
Systemic Amyloidosis and Monoclonal Gammopathy in Three Italian Siblings : A Familian Case of AL-Amyloidosis?....Pages 227-230
Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL): A Randomized Trial of Colchicine vs. Melphalan And Prednisone vs. Melphalan, Prednisone, and Colchicine.....Pages 231-234
Response Rates and Survival in Primary Systemic Amyloidosis....Pages 235-238
Urinary Protein Patterns Predict Survival in Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL)....Pages 239-242
ß 2 -Microglobulin Predicts Survival in Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL)....Pages 243-246
Cutaneous Amyloidosis in a Horse. Partial Amino Acid Sequence Analysis of an Equine Immunoglobulin-Lambda Light Chain....Pages 247-248
Experimental Amyloid Casts in Mice Induced by Injection of a Human Bence Jones Protein....Pages 249-249
Common Elements in Amyloidosis....Pages 251-253
Metabolic Studies of Radioiodinated Serum Amyloid P Component in Normal Subjects and Patients with Systemic Amyloidosis....Pages 254-257
Structural and Functional Studies of Serum Amyloid P Component....Pages 258-259
Quantification of Amyloid P-Component in Multiple Tissues of Patients with Primary and Familial Amyloidois....Pages 260-263
A Primed State Exists in vivo Following Regression of Murine AA Amyloidosis....Pages 264-267
Serum Amyloid P-Component (SAP) Regulation by Sex-Steroids in Rats: Compared with C-Reactive Protein (CRP)....Pages 268-271
Acute Phase Protein Response to Collagen Induced Arthritis in Mice....Pages 272-275
An Attempt to Study the Role of Serum Amyloid P Component in the Formation of Amyloid Deposits in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy....Pages 276-279
Differential Regulation of SAP Gene Expression in Syrian and Armenian Hamsters.....Pages 280-283
Isolation of cDNA Clones & Expression Analyses for Rat Serum Amyloid P (SAP) Component....Pages 284-287
Isolation of a 16 KD Fraction with Extremely High AEF Activity....Pages 288-291
Amyloid Enhancing Factor (AEF) — Induced Amyloidosis Lacks Inflammatory Reaction....Pages 292-295
The Tissue Origin of Amyloid Enhancing Factor Determines its Ability to Induce SAA Gene Expression....Pages 296-299
PMSF-Sensitive Serine Esterase-Activity and Fibril-Derived Amyloid Enhancing Factor (FAEF)-Activity in Hamster are not Related....Pages 300-302
Induction of Amyloid Deposition by Subfractions of the Amyloid Enhancing Factor Extracted from Brain of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 303-306
Isolation of Amyloid Ehancing Factor (AEF)....Pages 307-310
Effects of Amyloid Enhancing Factor on in vitro Kupffer Cells....Pages 311-314
Macromolecular Characteristics of AA Type Amyloid Associated Polysaccharides from Human Liver, Kidney and Spleen with AA Amyloid Secondary to Rheumatic Disease....Pages 315-318
Heparan Sulfate Accumulation in the Beta-Amyloid Protein Containing Lesions of Down’s Syndrome Occurs Prior to the Appearance of Fibrillar Amyloid....Pages 319-322
Rapid Synthesis of cRNA Probes for SAA, SAP and Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan mRNAs by Transcription of Polymerase Chain Reaction Generated Templates....Pages 323-328
Basement Membrane Components in Addition to HSPG are Present in Murine AA Amyloid Deposits....Pages 329-333
The Basement Membrane Form of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan is Part of Human IAPP Amyloid Deposits in the Islets of Langerhans....Pages 334-337
Isolation and Characterisation of the Integral Glycosaminoglycan Constituents of Human AA and AL Amyloid Fibrils....Pages 338-341
Basement Membrane Components and Protein AA in Renal Amyloid Deposits....Pages 342-345
High Molecular Weight Polysaccharides in Familial Cardiac Amyloid of Danish Origin Related to Transthyretin Met 111....Pages 346-349
Point Mutation in Autosomal Dominant Forms of Amyloidosis....Pages 351-356
Perturbation of processing of cystatin C in monocytes from patients with hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy....Pages 357-360
Molecular Biology of Hereditary Cystatin C Amyloid Angiopathy in Iceland....Pages 361-364
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Associated with Cerebral Hemorrhage with the Deposition of Cystatin C: Study on Japanese Cases....Pages 365-368
Several β 2 -Microglobulin Fragments Identified in an Amyloidoma in a Patient with Long-Term Hemodialysis....Pages 369-372
Clinical Evaluation of Osteoarthropathy in 43 Patients on Haemodialysis, Using Cuprophane Membranes for ≥ 5 Years....Pages 373-376
β 2 -Microglobulin-Derived Amyloid and Calcium in Long-Term Dialysis Patients....Pages 377-380
 In Vivo Metabolism of a Mutant Apolipoprotein A-I (ARG-26) Associated with Hereditary Amyloidosis....Pages 381-384
New USA Family has Apolipoprotein AI (ARG26) Variant....Pages 385-388
Molecular Genetic Study of Mouse Senile Amyloidosis....Pages 389-392
Fluorometric Examination of Tissue Amyloid Fibrils in Murine Senile Amyloidosis: Use of the Fluorescent Indicator, Thioflavine T....Pages 393-396
The Low Leukocyte (LLC) Mouse, a Second Model of “Senescence -Accelerated” Amyloidosis Associated with Apolipoprotein All Pro 5 →GLN; Prevalence of this Substitution Among Inbred Strains of Mice....Pages 397-401
Age-Related Amyloid in the Aorta....Pages 402-404
Complete Primary Structure of Amyloid Protein in Finnish Hereditary Amyloidosis. Identification of a New Type of Amyloid Protein Derived from Variant (ASN-187) Gelsolin....Pages 405-408
Polymerization of Gelsolin Variant Fragment in Tissue Causes Familial Amyloidosis, Finnish Type (FAF)....Pages 409-413
Gelsolin-Related Amyloidosis. Immunohistochemical Studies in Finnish Hereditary Amyloidosis with Antibodies to a Synthetic Dodecapeptide of the Amyloidogenic Region of Gelsolin....Pages 414-417
Familial Amyloidosis, Finnish Type....Pages 418-422
Shared Gelsolin Antigenicity Between Familial Amyloidosis Finnish Type (FAF) and One form of Familial Lattice Corneal Dystrophy (LCD) with Polyneuropathy from the United States....Pages 423-425
Polypeptide Hormones and Amyloid....Pages 427-432
Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP): structure of its cDNA and gene and the identification of species differences of importance for islet amyloid formation.....Pages 433-436
Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP): Identification in Human Pancreas, Establishment of Radioimmunoassay, and its Response to Physiological Stimulation....Pages 437-440
Rat Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP): Isolation and Sequence Determination, Immunohistochemical Study, and its Secretion from Pancreas....Pages 441-444
Factors Affecting Diabetogenesis and Amyloidogenesis are Provided by Studies of IAPP in the Dog and Cat....Pages 445-448
Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: Synthetic Peptides for Study of the Pathogenesis of Islet Amyloid....Pages 449-452
Intracellular Formation of Amyloid Fibrils in B-Cells of Human Insulinoma and Pre-Diabetic Monkey Islets....Pages 453-456
A Comparative Study Between Human B-Cell Insulin and Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) Storage and Amyloid Deposition in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and in Non-Diabetics....Pages 457-461
Pancreatic Islet Amyloid in the Degu Is Derived from Insulin....Pages 462-465
Isolated Atrial Amyloid Deposits. Immunochemical Evidence for the Presence of Polypeptides with Molecular Weights Higher and Lower than Atrial Natriuretic Peptide ANP....Pages 466-469
Raised Prevalence of Isolated Atrial Amyloidosis in Chronic Heart Disease....Pages 470-473
Isolated Atrial Amyloidosis. Increased Frequency in Patients with Congestive Cardiac Failure....Pages 474-476
Characterization of Molecular forms of Calcitonin in Amyloid Fibrils from Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid....Pages 477-480
Pathofibrillogenesis and Amyloid Proteins....Pages 481-486
The Sulphate and Chloride Ions have Different Effects on the Structure of AA Amyloid Fibrils....Pages 487-492
Kinetic Properties of Amyloid Fibril Polymerization in Vitro....Pages 493-496
In Vitro Assembly of Murine Amyloid a Protein, Two Murine Serum Amyloid a Proteins, and Normal Human Transthyretin to form Amyloid-Like Fibrils....Pages 497-500
Secondary Structure Changes in Mutant Transthyretins after Proteolysis by Neutrophilic Serine Proteases....Pages 501-504
Production of Amyloidogenic Peptides from Human Immunoglobulin Light (L)-Chains....Pages 505-510
Predominance of One SAA Isotype (SAAI) in Human Reactive Amyloid....Pages 511-514
A Histochemical Model of the Amyloid Fibril....Pages 515-518
High Molecular Weight Proteins, Sensitive to Collagenase Digestion are Intimate Constituents of Amyloid Deposits....Pages 519-522
Intraperitoneal Amyloid Formation by Amyloid Enhancing Factor Rich Macrophages in Ascitic Fluid....Pages 523-526
Histochemically Recognizable Changes of Amyloid Fibrillogenic Macrophages....Pages 527-530
Ultrastructural Aspects of Cell Membrane in AA-Amyloidogenesis....Pages 531-534
Amyloid Fibril Formation in the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum of Plasma Cells from a Patient with Localized Aλ Amyloidosis....Pages 535-538
A Comparative Study of Amyloid Formation and Resorption Using Immunoelectron Microscopy....Pages 539-542
A Histochemical, Immunohistochemical, Ultrastructural and Immunoelectron Microscopical Characterization of Cerebrovascular Amyloid and Diffuse Plaques in Autopsied Aged Dogs....Pages 543-546
Increased Binding of Acute Phase Lipoproteins by Peritoneal Macrophages (MØs) in Mice....Pages 547-550
Characterization of Non-AA Proteins in Amyloid Fibrils Obtained from a Cow with Chronic Infection....Pages 551-554
Compositional Analyses of Amyloid Fibrils....Pages 555-558
Intratumour Amyloidosis in Primary and Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical and Ultrastructural Study....Pages 559-564
Intratumour Amyloidosis in Carcinoma of the Cervix....Pages 565-568
Molecular Biology of Amyloidogenesis in the Transthyretin Related Amyloidoses....Pages 569-574
Studies on the Molecular Arrangement in Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy Fibrils....Pages 575-578
X-Ray Crystal Structure of the Met-30 Variant of Human Prealbumin (Transthyretin)....Pages 579-582
Disulfide Bond Formation of Transthyretin (TTR) as Possible Initial Step of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (FAP)....Pages 583-586
Structure of Transthyretin Molecules in Amyloid Fibrills from the Vitreous Body in Individuals with the Met30 Mutation....Pages 587-590
Formation of Fibrils by Normal Transthyretin and Synthetic Transthyretin Fragments In Vitro ....Pages 591-594
First Turkish Family with FAP has Homozygous Met 30 TTR....Pages 595-598
A New Transthyretin Variant Associated with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy in an Italian Kindred....Pages 599-602
Clinical Characterization of a New TTR Variant in an Italian Family: TTR ALA 49....Pages 603-606
A TTR Acidic Variant DNA Analysis Of Homozygous and Heterozygous Individuals....Pages 607-610
ASN 90 is the Variant TTR in an Italian FAP Kinship....Pages 611-614
Frequency of the Position 122 (VAL→ILE) Variant Transthyretin Gene in Blacks Without Amyloidosis....Pages 615-617
Variant Transthyretins In Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP)....Pages 618-621
Three Novel Variants of Transthyretin Identified in Three Japanese Kindreds with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy....Pages 622-626
A Possible New Transthyretin Genetic Variant in a Family with Cardiac Amyloidosis....Pages 627-630
Structural Studies of Transthyretin and Related Fragments Obtained from a Swedish Patient (V-ÅS 280) with Senile Systemic Amylodosis....Pages 631-634
The transthyretin cDNA sequence is normal in transthyretin-derived senile systemic amyloidosis....Pages 635-638
A Recombinants System for Production of Variant Type Human Transthyretin(TTR)....Pages 639-642
Assessement of Structure and Binding Capacities of Secreted Mutant Transthyretins by an E. Coli System....Pages 643-646
Structure and Function of Recombinant Human Transthyretin....Pages 647-650
Detection of Variant Transthyretin Genes by Restriction Analysis of PCR-Amplified Genomic DNA....Pages 651-654
Myelin P2 Protein in Transthyretin (Ser-84) Vitreous Amyloid....Pages 655-658
Cloning and Trimming of the TTR-cDNA Gene by PCR....Pages 659-662
Pathological Similarity of Transgenic Mice Carrying the Human Mutant Transthyretin Gene to Human Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP) Type I....Pages 663-666
Prealbumin type cerebral amyloid angiopathy in familial amyloid polyneuropathy....Pages 667-670
Amyloid Localized to the Tenosynovium at Carpal Tunnel Release: Immunohistochemical Identification of Amyloid Type....Pages 671-674
Reevaluation of 134 Patients with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP) in Japan, Kumamoto Focus....Pages 675-678
Sympathetic Skin Response in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy....Pages 679-682
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Nerve Lesions of the Intestine in Type I Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy....Pages 683-686
Sex Differences and Age-Dependent Penetrance in FAP-Type I....Pages 687-690
Parental Transmission and Age-of-Onset in Familial Amyloidotic Polineuropathy (Portuguese Type)....Pages 691-693
Anticipation of Age-of-Onset in Familial Amyloidotic Polineuropathy (Portuguese Type)....Pages 694-697
Sporadic, Late-Onset Case of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Type I (Andrade) — A Clinicopathological Study....Pages 698-701
Familial Amyloidosis without Transthyretin (TTR) Involvement: an Unusual Presentation....Pages 702-705
Mechanisms of Amyloid Fibril Formation in Alzheimer’S Disease and Other Dementias....Pages 707-712
Amyloid ß-Protein Deposition as a Seminal Pathogenetic Event in Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 713-717
Proteolytic Processing of ß-Amyloid Protein-Related Synthetic Peptides and the ß-Protein Precursor by a Protease Purified from Alzheimer’s Disease Brain....Pages 718-721
Immunoreactivity of Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Specific Antisera with Platelet Granule Constituents....Pages 722-725
Site of Formation of Beta-Protein Amyloid Fibrils....Pages 726-731
A Search for Vascular Amyloid Using A4 Amyloid Antibody Immunostain in CAA (Classic Methods) Negative Alzheimer’s Cases....Pages 733-736
A variant of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease with ß -protein epitopes and dystrophic neurites in the peripheral regions of PrP -immunoreactive amyloid plaques....Pages 737-740
Antigenic Heterogeneity of Cerebral Amyloid Deposits in Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 741-744
Systemic Vascular Amyloidosis Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 745-748
Pathological Changes in Hereditary Cerebral Hemorrhage with Amyloidosis — Dutch Type....Pages 749-752
Hereditary Cerebral Hemorrhage with Amyloidosis — Dutch Type....Pages 753-756
Peripheral Distribution of a Dermatan Sulfate Proteoglycan (Decorin) in Amyloid Plaques and their Presence in Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer’S Disease....Pages 757-760
Choroid Plexus Amyloid....Pages 761-764
New Images of Clinical Amyloidosis....Pages 765-770
Scintigraphic Imaging of Amyloidosis with 123 Iodine Serum Amyloid P Component....Pages 771-774
Longtime Follow up of Patients with Al-Amyloidosis with MRI....Pages 775-776
Detection of Autonomic Dysfunctions in Patients with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP) by Laser Doppler Method....Pages 777-780
Non-Invasive in Vivo Detection of Ab-Amyloidosis Using its Radiolabelled Precursor Protein....Pages 781-784
Cardiac Involvement in Secondary Amyloidosis....Pages 785-788
Imaging Hereditary Amyloidosis of Ostertag....Pages 789-792
Computer-Aided Immunohistochemical Quantitation of Amyloid in Renal Biopsies....Pages 793-796
Abdominal Fat Biopsy for Characterization of the Major Amyloid Fibril Proteins by Amino Acid Sequence Analysis....Pages 797-800
Beta-2-Microglobulin Does Not Deposit in Abdominal Fat Tissue of Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients....Pages 801-804
Histopathologic Classification, Clinical Characteristics and Survival of 18 Patients with Inconclusive Clinical Data to Identify the Aa or Al Type of their Systemic Amyloidosis....Pages 805-808
Immunohistochemical Detection of Amyloid AA in Formaline-Fixed Paraffine-Embedded Rectal Biopsies with the Monoclonal Anti-Human Saa Antibody Reu.86.2....Pages 809-812
Long Survival in Patients with Al Amyloidosis....Pages 813-816
Secondary Systemic Amyloidosis (AA): Response and Survival in 64 Patients....Pages 817-820
Renal Manifestations of Amyloidosis Complicated with Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 821-824
Crp and SAA Serum Levels in Chronic Active Hepatitis....Pages 825-826
Serum Amyloid a and C-Reactive Protein in the First 4 Weeks after Liver Transplantation....Pages 827-830
Differential Influence of Glucocorticoids on CRP and SAA Serum Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica....Pages 831-834
Ocular Microangiopathy in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuroapthy (FAP) Type I....Pages 835-838
Spectral Analysis of R-R Variability in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropaty, Andrade Type....Pages 839-842
Microalbuminuria in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever....Pages 843-846
Dopamine-ß-Hydroxylase in Familial Mediterranean Fever....Pages 847-849
A Multicentric Study on Hemodialysis Amyloid Osteoarthropathy in 747 Dialysis Patients....Pages 851-854
Renal Transplantation in Renal Amyloid End-Stage Disease....Pages 855-858
Effect of Continuous Colchicine Treatment in Familial Mediterranean Fever (F.M.F)....Pages 859-862
Treatment of Amyloidosis Associated Diarrhea with a Somatostatin Analogue....Pages 863-865
Gastrointestinal Malabsorption in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP): Ursodeoxycolic Acid Absorption Test....Pages 866-869
The Prevalence, Importance and Significance of Amyloidosis with Rheumatic Diseases in Turkey....Pages 870-873
Cyclosporin Reduces the Incidence of Amyloid Disease in Casein Treated Mice....Pages 874-882
Report of Special Session on Bioassays and Standardization of Amyloid Proteins and Precursors....Pages 883-889
Identification of apo-SAA isoforms in man and mouse....Pages 890-893
Normal Lipoproteins Inhibit Binding of SAA-Rich Lipoproteins to Polyvinylchloride Surfaces....Pages 894-897
Monoclonal Antibody Based ELISA for Human SAA....Pages 898-901
Serum Amyloid P Component in Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis....Pages 902-905
Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Serum Amyloid P-Component....Pages 906-910
Screening with Monoclonal Anti Beta-Protein Antibody for Immuno-Reactivity in the Sera of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 911-914
Symposium Day 1: Overview....Pages 915-916
Amyloidosis: Molecular Insights and Cellular Blindspots....Pages 917-920
Summary of Day 3....Pages 921-922
Back Matter....Pages 923-937