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AMYLODIDOSIS

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AMYLOIDOSIS Amyloidosis is the term used for a group of Fibrillar insoluble proteinaseous substance called amyloid having common morphological appearance, staining properties and physical structure but with variable protein composition (20-30 different proteins).  ⚛ Production of abnormal amount of proteins  ⚛Production of normal amount of mutant production 🔹 Stimulus  ➡  Soluble precursor  ➡  Insoluble fibrils 🔹 Mutation  ➡  Mutant Tranthretin  ➡  ATTR Protein