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Recent advances in our understanding of the biochemistry and pathogenesis of the amyloid diseases have begun to provide information regarding the age-related amyloidoses in humans. Monospecific antisera to fibril subunit proteins are being used for the immunohistological typing of different forms of amyloid. This review will summarize current information relating amyloid to aging, particularly in regard to the pathoanatomic triad of islet cell hyalinization of the pancreas (type II diabetes mellitus), senile cardiac amyloidosis, and plaques/congophilic angiopathy in brain (senile dementia/Alzheimers disease).
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Gorevic, P.D., Elias, J., Peress, N. (1985). Amyloid, Immunopathology and Aging. In: Woodhead, A.D., Blackett, A.D., Hollaender, A. (eds) Molecular Biology of Aging. Basic Life Sciences, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2218-2_25
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