Everyday Medicine by Dr Luke Crantock
Conversations with colleagues providing helpful ideas and advice in healthcare
Episode 152. Amyloid Diseases with Dr Simon Gibbs
Amyloidosis is a group of diseases in which abnormal proteins known as amyloid fibrils build up in various tissues including the kidney, heart, liver, skin, and nervous system resulting in a variety of clinical sequelae including organ dysfunction and death. There are over 23 unrelated proteins known to form amyloid fibrils, many of which are aggregates of misfolded proteins that are neither biodegradable nor can be recycled by our bodies.