Definition of the amyloid
Abstract
Proteins referred to as amyloids are commonly described as pathologic linear fibrils, whose propagation disrupts the functions of organisms—including the human organism. Diseases caused by amyloids are mainly neurodegenerative—such as Alzheimer's disease, Levy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, and prion-based Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (Chiti and Dobson, 2006).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Elsevier eBooks
- Pages
- 1–11
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter