Disease Protein/peptide
Alzheimer’s disease Amyloid beta
Parkinson’s disease Alpha-synuclein
BSE and other encephalopathies Prions
Familial visceral amyloidosis Apolipoprotein AI
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy Transthyretin
Type 2 diabetes (pancreatic deposition in some cases) Amylin
Dialysis-related amyloidosis Beta 2-microglobulin
Table 1: List of some amyloidotic diseases and the main polypeptides involved.
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