title: Non-Alzheimer's disease amyloidoses of the nervous system.
abstract: Amyloidosis and prionosis are disorders of protein conformation. The general mechanisms involved in amyloidogenesis are reviewed here. Recent progress in the molecular pathogenesis of cerebral amyloids is illustrated by three genetic disorders: hereditary amyloid angiopathies of Icelandic and Dutch origins and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Castaño
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frangione
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D016657:Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D016098:Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009454:Neurofibrils / Q000473:pathology; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D011328:Prions