Amyloid and Amyloidosis, 2 Pts.

I. Progress in Amyloidosis Research.- A Brief History of International Symposia on Amyloidosis.- Statistical Analysis of Amyloid Activities Since 1950 - Basis for an Autonomous Journal.- II. Amyloidogenesis.- Anti-Casein Antibodies in the Serum of Patients with Amyloidosis.- Experimental Systemic Amyloidosis in Mice-Induction of Amyloidosis by Immunization with Syngeneic Organ Extracts and Immunological Investigation.- Secondary Amyloidosis Associated with Chronic Arthritis in Rabbits.- Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Cdnas Encoding Mouse C-Reactive Protein.- Systemic Amyloidosis: Tissue Specific Variability in the Primary Structure of Amyloid Proteins.- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Air-Dried and Heavy Water Suspended AA and AL Amyloid Fibril Preparations of Different Species.- Replacement of SAA From the HDL-SAA Complex by APO AI and APO All: HDL Has Higher Binding Capacity for SAA than for AA.- Aposaa and AA: Precursor and Product Revisited.- SAA2 Deposition in the Spleen of the Mouse.- In Vitro Formation of Amyloid Fibrils from Murine Serum Amyloid A Protein (SAA).- Induced AA Amyloid in Hamster: On the Amyloid Enhancing Factor and Protein AA-Cross Reacting Components of Intermediate.- Deposition of Amyloid a Fibrils in Spleen is Accompanied by Decreased Hepatic and Splenic and Increased Macrophage Serum Amyloid a Expression.- Immunolocalization of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans to AA Amyloid Deposition Sites in Spleen and Liver During Experimental Amyloidosis.- Renal Peritubular Amyloid Deposition in the Experimental Murine Amyloidosis.- Ultrastructural Study of the Spleen in Experimental Murine Amyloidosis Using the Protein A-Gold Immunocytochemical Technique.- Experimental Amyloidosis of Rabbit Induced by Saponin.- Ultrastructural Investigation of Spontaneously Occurring Amyloidosis in White Pekin Ducks.- Enhanced Degradation of Serum Amyloid Protein SAA in vivo by Proteolytic Enzymes.- Degradation Studies on Plasma Prealbumin.- Protease and Protease Inhibitors in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy.- A Study of Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase IV in the Sera of Japanese FAP Patients.- III. Al Amyloidosis.- Primary Structure of A V K II Light Chain from a Patient with Amyloid Arthropathy.- Molecular Heterogeneity of Amyloid Fibril Proteins in Primary Amyloidosis.- The Amino Acid Sequence of a Carbohydrate-Containing Immuno-Globulin-Lght-Chain-Type Amyloid Fibril Protein (AL).- Structural Analysis of a Lambda IV Primary Amyloid Protein.- Al Amyloidosis (MIY) with Intestinal Tract Involvements and the Chemical Analysis of its BJP (MIY, NIG-84).- Lambda Predominance of Bence Jones Protein (BJP) in Al Amyloidosis Among Japanese Patients.- Immunohistochemical Typing of Tissues From 100 Patients with Systemic Amyloidosis.- Expression of Plasma Cell-Associated Non-Lght Chain Antigens in Patients with Plasma Cell Dyscrasia and Amyloidosis.- Use of Various Electroimmune Techniques in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Patients with Al Amyloidosis.- IV. AA Amyloidosis.- The Structure of Protein AA and its Correlation to the Tissue Distribution of Amyloid.- Amino Acid Sequence Composition of AA Amyloid Fibrils in Cystic Fibrosis.- Phylogenetic Analysis of Amyloid a Protein.- Characterization of Serum Amyloid a (SAA) Protein in the Shpep.- Structural Studies of SAA and AA from Horse and Cow.- SAA Versus CRP Serum Levels in Different Inflammatory Conditions, Studied by Elisa Using Polyclonal Anti-AA and Monoclonal Anti-SAA Antibodies.- Monoclonal Antibody to Saal1-3 Isomer Better Discriminant of the Acute Phase Reaction to Cancer and Monitor of Disease Progression than the Polyclonal Antibody to Human AA.- Monoclonal Antibody Against Synthesized Short Peptides Corresponding to Human Amyloid a Protein.- Diagnosis of AA-Amyloidosis Using Monoclonal Antibodies: Application to Paraffin and Ultrathin Sections as Well as to Urinary Sediments.- Influence of Serum Amyloid a on Human Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase Activity.- Str... Mehr