amyloid
Biochemistry. a waxy, translucent substance, composed primarily of protein fibers, that is deposited in various organs of animals in certain diseases.
a nonnitrogenous food consisting especially of starch.
Also am·y·loi·dal [am-uh-loid-l] /ˌæm əˈlɔɪd l/ . of, resembling, or containing amylum.
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There’s no certainty as to why turmeric has this beneficial effect, but researchers believe it’s because of the plant’s anti-inflammatory properties, which help keep Alzheimer’s-causing amyloid plaques from building up between neurons.
Four plants that are scientifically proven to be therapeutic | Sandra Gutierrez G. | January 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceEach of these cells has a Balbiani body, a large condensate of amyloid protein found in the oocytes of organisms ranging from spiders to humans.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWhen the oocyte starts to mature into an egg, those amyloid fibers dissolve and the Balbiani body disappears, explains Elvan Böke, a cell and developmental biologist at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineBöke is working to understand how these amyloid fibers assemble and dissolve, which could lead to new strategies for treating infertility or neurodegenerative diseases.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineAducanumab works by targeting so-called amyloid plaques, which are proteins that build up in the brain and are common among dementia patients.
The world is obsessed with new COVID drugs. But other important treatments are in the works, too | Sy Mukherjee | September 28, 2020 | Fortune
Previous drugs targeting amyloid precursor protein, or APP, have failed.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice | Elizabeth Lopatto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere, the blockage of RNA prevents extra amyloid from being produced by targeting its precursor protein and making less of it.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice | Elizabeth Lopatto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeta amyloid, which OL-1 is meant to lower, was first implicated in the disease at its identification by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice | Elizabeth Lopatto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDominating the research field is a protein called beta amyloid, identified by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
Twenty Years of Alzheimer’s Research May Have Focused on the Wrong Protein | Elizabeth Lopatto | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost researchers think the disease is caused by the build-up of beta amyloid.
Twenty Years of Alzheimer’s Research May Have Focused on the Wrong Protein | Elizabeth Lopatto | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTamyloid, am′i-loid, n. a half-gelatinous substance like starch, found in some seeds.
Eberth35 maintains that in all cases the amyloid disturbance is seated in the connective tissue.
amyloid degeneration represents no mere substitution, but an addition, since the affected tissue is increased in volume.
The waxy transformation of muscular fibre, however, does not present the reaction with iodine characteristic of amyloid substance.
To these may be added the fatty degenerations associated with amyloid and interstitial processes.
British Dictionary definitions for amyloid
/ (ˈæmɪˌlɔɪd) /
pathol a complex protein resembling starch, deposited in tissues in some degenerative diseases
any substance resembling starch
starchlike
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Scientific definitions for amyloid
[ ăm′ə-loid′ ]
A hard waxy substance consisting of protein and polysaccharides that results from the degeneration of tissue and is deposited in organs or tissues of the body in various chronic diseases.
Starchlike.
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