Diagnostic tools for cardiac amyloidosis: a pragmatic comparison of pathology, imaging and laboratories

A Joury, C Faaborg-Andersen, RA Quintana… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a complex disease considered to be the most common
underdiagnosed form of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Accumulation of misfolded proteins …

Kidney Amyloidosis: Updates on Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Frontiers

CE Cervantes, MG Atta - American Journal of Nephrology, 2024 - karger.com
Background: Amyloidosis includes a diverse group of rare diseases characterized by the
misfolding of native or mutant proteins, leading to extracellular accumulation in various …

[HTML][HTML] AL amyloidosis: Unfolding a complex disease

R Lu, TA Richards - Journal of the advanced practitioner in …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. An estimated 12,000 people
live with the disease in the United States. AL amyloidosis occurs from the misfolding of …

The challenges in chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation for light-chain amyloidosis

E Muchtar, G Lin, M Grogan - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic syndrome characterized by progressive organ
dysfunction leading to organ failure and death. The heart is the most commonly involved …

Prevalence of valvular heart disease in cardiac amyloidosis and impact on survival

I Minga, E Kwak, K Hussain, L Wathen… - Current problems in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: Limited data exists on the prognostic impact of valvular heart disease in
cardiac amyloidosis (CA). We therefore sought to define the prevalence of valvular disease …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive multidisciplinary diagnostic algorithm for the early and efficient detection of amyloidosis

V Jimenez-Zepeda, V Bril, E Lemieux-Blanchard… - … Myeloma and Leukemia, 2023 - Elsevier
Amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding disease caused by the accumulation of amyloid
fibrils in various tissues and organs. There are different subtypes of amyloidosis, with light …

Extracellular vesicles as next-generation therapeutics and biomarkers in amyloidosis: a new frontier

TH Phan, JH Reed - Frontiers in Biomaterials Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Nanoparticles hold a great potential for therapeutic targeting due to their ability to improve
the stability of encapsulated cargo and promote the transport of cargo across membranes to …

Phase 2 trial of ixazomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone for previously untreated light chain amyloidosis

E Muchtar, MA Gertz, BR LaPlant, FK Buadi… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor (PI), has shown efficacy in the treatment of newly
diagnosed and relapsed light chain (AL) amyloidosis, and is often used in combination with …

Amiloidosis AL: conceptos actuales

JA Lacouture-Fierro, L Mejía-Buriticá… - Medicina & …, 2022 - medigraphic.com
Las amiloidosis sistémicas constituyen un grupo de enfermedades con diversas etiologías,
caracterizadas por la síntesis de proteínas con plegado defectuoso, capaces de agregarse y …

Renal involvement in systemic amyloidosis caused by monoclonal immunoglobulins

S Karam, N Leung - Hematology/Oncology Clinics, 2020 - hemonc.theclinics.com
Amyloidosis refers to a group of disorders that stems from the ability of certain proteins to
adopt an unstable tertiary structure by misfolding and aggregating. The misfolding and …