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Alkali-degradation of amyloid: an ancient method useful for making monoclonal antibodies against amyloid fibril proteins.

Westermark GT, Sletten K, Westermark P.

Scand J Immunol. 2009 Dec;70(6):535-40.PMID: 19906195 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Fibrils from designed non-amyloid-related synthetic peptides induce AA-amyloidosis during inflammation in an animal model.

Westermark P, Lundmark K, Westermark GT.

PLoS One. 2009 Jun 30;4(6):e6041.PMID: 19582162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Serum amyloid A and protein AA: molecular mechanisms of a transmissible amyloidosis.

Westermark GT, Westermark P.

FEBS Lett. 2009 Aug 20;583(16):2685-90. Epub 2009 Apr 23. Review.PMID: 19393650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stability and fibril formation properties of human and fish transthyretin, and of the Escherichia coli transthyretin-related protein.

Lundberg E, Olofsson A, Westermark GT, Sauer-Eriksson AE.

FEBS J. 2009 Apr;276(7):1999-2011. Epub 2009 Feb 24.PMID: 19250316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Review. Reflections on amyloidosis in Papua New Guinea.

Westermark P, Westermark GT.

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 Nov 27;363(1510):3701-5. Review.PMID: 18849285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

AA-amyloidosis can be transferred by peripheral blood monocytes.

Sponarova J, Nyström SN, Westermark GT.

PLoS One. 2008 Oct 2;3(10):e3308.PMID: 18830411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Transthyretin and amyloid in the islets of Langerhans in type-2 diabetes.

Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Exp Diabetes Res. 2008;2008:429274.PMID: 18825272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Differential lipid profile and hormonal response in type 2 diabetes by exogenous insulin aspart versus the insulin secretagogue repaglinide, at the same glycemic control.

Chisalita SI, Lindström T, Eson Jennersjö P, Paulsson JF, Westermark GT, Olsson AG, Arnqvist HJ.

Acta Diabetol. 2009 Mar;46(1):35-42. Epub 2008 Sep 6.PMID: 18777156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Widespread amyloid deposition in transplanted human pancreatic islets.

Westermark GT, Westermark P, Berne C, Korsgren O; Nordic Network for Clinical Islet Transplantation.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 28;359(9):977-9. No abstract available. PMID: 18753660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An indirect competitive immunoassay for insulin autoantibodies based on surface plasmon resonance.

Carlsson J, Gullstrand C, Westermark GT, Ludvigsson J, Enander K, Liedberg B.

Biosens Bioelectron. 2008 Dec 1;24(4):882-7. Epub 2008 Jul 19.PMID: 18722764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Real-time monitoring of apoptosis by caspase-3-like protease induced FRET reduction triggered by amyloid aggregation.

Paulsson JF, Schultz SW, Köhler M, Leibiger I, Berggren PO, Westermark GT.

Exp Diabetes Res. 2008;2008:865850.PMID: 18566681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Importance of aggregated islet amyloid polypeptide for the progressive beta-cell failure in type 2 diabetes and in transplanted human islets.

Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Exp Diabetes Res. 2008;2008:528354. Epub 2009 Mar 31. No abstract available. PMID: 19343195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Amyloid deposition in transplanted human pancreatic islets: a conceivable cause of their long-term failure.

Andersson A, Bohman S, Borg LA, Paulsson JF, Schultz SW, Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Exp Diabetes Res. 2008;2008:562985. Epub 2009 Mar 5. Review.PMID: 19277203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Unwinding fibril formation of medin, the peptide of the most common form of human amyloid.

Larsson A, Söderberg L, Westermark GT, Sletten K, Engström U, Tjernberg LO, Näslund J, Westermark P.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Oct 5;361(4):822-8. Epub 2007 Jul 24.PMID: 17679143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Imaging distinct conformational states of amyloid-beta fibrils in Alzheimer's disease using novel luminescent probes.

Nilsson KP, Aslund A, Berg I, Nyström S, Konradsson P, Herland A, Inganäs O, Stabo-Eeg F, Lindgren M, Westermark GT, Lannfelt L, Nilsson LN, Hammarström P.

ACS Chem Biol. 2007 Aug 17;2(8):553-60. Epub 2007 Aug 3.PMID: 17672509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amyloidogenic potential of foie gras.

Solomon A, Richey T, Murphy CL, Weiss DT, Wall JS, Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jun 26;104(26):10998-1001. Epub 2007 Jun 19.PMID: 17578924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma activity is low in mature primary human visceral adipocytes.

Sauma L, Franck N, Paulsson JF, Westermark GT, Kjølhede P, Strålfors P, Söderström M, Nystrom FH.

Diabetologia. 2007 Jan;50(1):195-201. Epub 2006 Nov 15.PMID: 17106695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Conjugated polyelectrolytes--conformation-sensitive optical probes for staining and characterization of amyloid deposits.

Nilsson KP, Hammarström P, Ahlgren F, Herland A, Schnell EA, Lindgren M, Westermark GT, Inganäs O.

Chembiochem. 2006 Jul;7(7):1096-104.PMID: 16729336 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intracellular amyloid-like deposits contain unprocessed pro-islet amyloid polypeptide (proIAPP) in beta cells of transgenic mice overexpressing the gene for human IAPP and transplanted human islets.

Paulsson JF, Andersson A, Westermark P, Westermark GT.

Diabetologia. 2006 Jun;49(6):1237-46. Epub 2006 Mar 29.PMID: 16570161 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aberrant processing of human proislet amyloid polypeptide results in increased amyloid formation.

Paulsson JF, Westermark GT.

Diabetes. 2005 Jul;54(7):2117-25.PMID: 15983213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Purification of transthyretin and transthyretin fragments from amyloid-rich human tissues.

Westermark P, Westermark GT.

Methods Mol Biol. 2005;299:255-60.PMID: 15980609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Purification of amyloid protein AA subspecies from amyloid-rich human tissues.

Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Methods Mol Biol. 2005;299:243-54.PMID: 15980608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is aggregated IAPP a cause of beta-cell failure in transplanted human pancreatic islets?

Westermark P, Andersson A, Westermark GT.

Curr Diab Rep. 2005 Jun;5(3):184-8. Review.PMID: 15929864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Protein fibrils in nature can enhance amyloid protein A amyloidosis in mice: Cross-seeding as a disease mechanism.

Lundmark K, Westermark GT, Olsén A, Westermark P.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Apr 26;102(17):6098-102. Epub 2005 Apr 13.PMID: 15829582 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Islet amyloid: a critical entity in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.

Hull RL, Westermark GT, Westermark P, Kahn SE.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Aug;89(8):3629-43. Review.PMID: 15292279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Formation of amyloid in human pancreatic islets transplanted to the liver and spleen of nude mice.

Westermark GT, Westermark P, Nordin A, Törnelius E, Andersson A.

Ups J Med Sci. 2003;108(3):193-203.PMID: 15000457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of free fatty acid on polymerization of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in vitro and on amyloid fibril formation in cultivated isolated islets of transgenic mice overexpressing human IAPP.

Ma Z, Westermark GT.

Mol Med. 2002 Dec;8(12):863-8.PMID: 12606822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Islet amyloid polypeptide is expressed in the pancreatic islet parenchyma of the teleostean fish, Myoxocephalus (cottus) scorpius.

Westermark GT, Falkmer S, Steiner DF, Chan SJ, Engström U, Westermark P.

Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2002 Sep;133(1):119-25.PMID: 12223219 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Transmissibility of systemic amyloidosis by a prion-like mechanism.

Lundmark K, Westermark GT, Nyström S, Murphy CL, Solomon A, Westermark P.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 14;99(10):6979-84. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 18;100(6):3543. PMID: 12011456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Enhanced in vitro production of amyloid-like fibrils from mutant (S20G) islet amyloid polypeptide.

Ma Z, Westermark GT, Sakagashira S, Sanke T, Gustavsson A, Sakamoto H, Engström U, Nanjo K, Westermark P.

Amyloid. 2001 Dec;8(4):242-9.PMID: 11791616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medin and medin-amyloid in ageing inflamed and non-inflamed temporal arteries.

Peng S, Westermark GT, Näslund J, Häggqvist B, Glennert J, Westermark P.

J Pathol. 2002 Jan;196(1):91-6.PMID: 11748647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet amyloid development in a mouse strain lacking endogenous islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) but expressing human IAPP.

Westermark GT, Gebre-Medhin S, Steiner DF, Westermark P.

Mol Med. 2000 Dec;6(12):998-1007.PMID: 11474116 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Codeposition of apolipoprotein A-IV and transthyretin in senile systemic (ATTR) amyloidosis.

Bergström J, Murphy C, Eulitz M, Weiss DT, Westermark GT, Solomon A, Westermark P.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Jul 27;285(4):903-8.PMID: 11467836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pro islet amyloid polypeptide (ProIAPP) immunoreactivity in the islets of Langerhans.

Westermark GT, Steiner DF, Gebre-Medhin S, Engström U, Westermark P.

Ups J Med Sci. 2000;105(2):97-106.PMID: 11095107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amyloid in human islets of Langerhans: immunologic evidence that islet amyloid polypeptide is modified in amyloidogenesis.

Ma Z, Westermark P, Westermark GT.

Pancreas. 2000 Aug;21(2):212-8.PMID: 10975716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Endocrine amyloid--a subject of increasing interest for the next century.

Westermark GT, Westermark P.

Amyloid. 2000 Mar;7(1):19-22. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 10842700 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staining methods for identification of amyloid in tissue.

Westermark GT, Johnson KH, Westermark P.

Methods Enzymol. 1999;309:3-25. No abstract available. PMID: 10507013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medin: an integral fragment of aortic smooth muscle cell-produced lactadherin forms the most common human amyloid.

Häggqvist B, Näslund J, Sletten K, Westermark GT, Mucchiano G, Tjernberg LO, Nordstedt C, Engström U, Westermark P.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jul 20;96(15):8669-74.PMID: 10411933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in normal, impaired glucose tolerant, and diabetic cats.

Ma Z, Westermark GT, Johnson KH, O'Brien TD, Westermark P.

Amyloid. 1998 Dec;5(4):255-61.PMID: 10036583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet amyloid polypeptide tonally inhibits beta-, alpha-, and delta-cell secretion in isolated rat pancreatic islets.

Wang F, Adrian TE, Westermark GT, Ding X, Gasslander T, Permert J.

Am J Physiol. 1999 Jan;276(1 Pt 1):E19-24.PMID: 9886946 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased release of IAPP in response to long-term high fat intake in mice.

Westermark GT, Leckström A, Ma Z, Westermark P.

Horm Metab Res. 1998 May;30(5):256-8.PMID: 9660084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Altered immunoreactivity of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) may reflect major modifications of the IAPP molecule in amyloidogenesis.

Ma Z, Westermark GT, Li ZC, Engström U, Westermark P.

Diabetologia. 1997 Jul;40(7):793-801.PMID: 9243100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amyloidosis: a global problem common in Papua New Guinea.

McAdam KP, Raynes JG, Alpers MP, Westermark GT, Westermark P.

P N G Med J. 1996 Dec;39(4):284-96. Review.PMID: 10214087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A protein AA-variant derived from a novel serum AA protein, SAA1 delta, in an individual from Papua New Guinea.

Westermark P, Sletten K, Westermark GT, Raynes J, McAdam KP.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1996 Jun 14;223(2):320-3.PMID: 8670280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of beta cell granule components on human islet amyloid polypeptide fibril formation.

Westermark P, Li ZC, Westermark GT, Leckström A, Steiner DF.

FEBS Lett. 1996 Feb 5;379(3):203-6.PMID: 8603689 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of cone transducin, Gz alpha, and other G-protein alpha-subunit messenger ribonucleic acids in pancreatic islets.

Zigman JM, Westermark GT, LaMendola J, Steiner DF.

Endocrinology. 1994 Jul;135(1):31-7.PMID: 8013366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet amyloid polypeptide in patients with pancreatic cancer and diabetes.

Permert J, Larsson J, Westermark GT, Herrington MK, Christmanson L, Pour PM, Westermark P, Adrian TE.

N Engl J Med. 1994 Feb 3;330(5):313-8.PMID: 8277951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Human G(olf) alpha: complementary deoxyribonucleic acid structure and expression in pancreatic islets and other tissues outside the olfactory neuroepithelium and central nervous system.

Zigman JM, Westermark GT, LaMendola J, Boel E, Steiner DF.

Endocrinology. 1993 Dec;133(6):2508-14.PMID: 8243272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human islet amyloid polypeptide transgenic mice as a model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).

Fox N, Schrementi J, Nishi M, Ohagi S, Chan SJ, Heisserman JA, Westermark GT, Leckström A, Westermark P, Steiner DF.

FEBS Lett. 1993 May 24;323(1-2):40-4.PMID: 8495745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet amyloid polypeptide: demonstration of mRNA in human pancreatic islets by in situ hybridization in islets with and without amyloid deposits.

Westermark GT, Christmanson L, Terenghi G, Permerth J, Betsholtz C, Larsson J, Polak JM, Westermark P.

Diabetologia. 1993 Apr;36(4):323-8.PMID: 8477877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles