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Solid organ transplantation for non-TTR hereditary amyloidosis: report from the 1st International Workshop on the Hereditary Renal Amyloidoses

Authors :
Reinhold P. Linke
Steven R. Zeldenrust
Arie J. Stangou
Bernard Portmann
Maria M. Picken
Bo Goran Ericzon
John O'Grady
Gerd Otto
Luísa Lobato
Henryk Wilczek
Gilles Grateau
Mohamed Rela
Ole B. Suhr
Daniel Azoulay
Nigel Heaton
Isabel Conceição
Merrill D. Benson
Source :
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis. 19
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

Fibrinogen A α-chain (AFib) and apolipoprotein AI (AApoAI) amyloidosis due to variants in the AFib and ApoAI genes are the most common types of hereditary amyloidosis in Europe and the United States. Liver is the exclusive source of the aberrant amyloidogenic protein in AFib and responsible for supplying approximately half of the circulating variant ApoAI. Nephrotic syndrome and renal impairment due to renal amyloidosis are common disease manifestations; however, recent research provides evidence to support a more diverse and systemic disease phenotype, which in turn has implications in the management of the hereditary amyloidoses with solid organ transplantation and, in particular, liver transplantation.

Details

ISSN :
17442818
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5bb3a4f982e38f65f35b9ef9b3eddad9