Gunilla Westermark

Lysozyme as an amyloid fibril protein together with transthyretin in the ligamentum flavum in association with lumbar spinal stenosis

Westermark, Gunilla; Berg, Svante; Eldhagen, Per; Damjanovic Vesterlund, Justina et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 125-134, 2026

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Bri2 BRICHOS domain inhibits IAPP amyloid formation and improves beta cell function in stem cell-derived islets under metabolic stress

Cen, Jing; Ivis, Anja; Vasylovska, Svitlana; Adjieva, Kina et al.

Part of Diabetologia, p. 436-450, 2026

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Rodent islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) selectively enhances GABA_A receptor-mediated neuronal inhibition in mouse ventral but not dorsal hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells

Netsyk, Olga; Korol, Sergiy; Westermark, Gunilla; Birnir, Bryndis et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2025

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The question of strains in AA amyloidosis

Westermark, Gunilla; Nyström, Ebba; Nyström, Sofie; Nilsson, K. Peter R. et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Efficient Vascular and Neural Engraftment of Stem Cell–Derived Islets

Thorngren, Julia; Brboric, Anja; Vasylovska, Svitlana; Hjelmqvist, Daisy et al.

Part of Diabetes, p. 1127-1139, 2024

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Lysozyme as an amyloid fibril protein together with transthyretin in the ligamentum flavum in association with lumbar spinal stenosis

Westermark, Gunilla; Berg, Svante; Eldhagen, Per; Damjanovic Vesterlund, Justina et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 125-134, 2026

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Bri2 BRICHOS domain inhibits IAPP amyloid formation and improves beta cell function in stem cell-derived islets under metabolic stress

Cen, Jing; Ivis, Anja; Vasylovska, Svitlana; Adjieva, Kina et al.

Part of Diabetologia, p. 436-450, 2026

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Rodent islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) selectively enhances GABA_A receptor-mediated neuronal inhibition in mouse ventral but not dorsal hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells

Netsyk, Olga; Korol, Sergiy; Westermark, Gunilla; Birnir, Bryndis et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2025

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The question of strains in AA amyloidosis

Westermark, Gunilla; Nyström, Ebba; Nyström, Sofie; Nilsson, K. Peter R. et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Efficient Vascular and Neural Engraftment of Stem Cell–Derived Islets

Thorngren, Julia; Brboric, Anja; Vasylovska, Svitlana; Hjelmqvist, Daisy et al.

Part of Diabetes, p. 1127-1139, 2024

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The ASC inflammasome adapter governs SAA-derived protein aggregation in inflammatory amyloidosis

Losa, Marco; Emmenegger, Marc; De Rossi, Pierre; Schürch, Patrick M. et al.

Part of EMBO Molecular Medicine, p. 2024-2042, 2024

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Insulin release from isolated cat islets of Langerhans

Strage, Emma M.; Ley, Cecilia; Westermark, Gunilla T.; Tengholm, Anders

Part of Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2024

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CLEC11A improves insulin secretion and promotes cell proliferation in human beta-cells

Shi, Ruifeng; Cen, Jing; Westermark, Gunilla; Zhao, Sheng et al.

Part of Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 2023

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Phosphorylated α-synuclein in skin Schwann cells: a new biomarker for multiple system atrophy

Donadio, Vincenzo; Incensi, Alex; Rizzo, Giovanni; Westermark, Gunilla T. et al.

Part of Brain, p. 1065-1074, 2023

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Studies on alpha-synuclein and islet amyloid polypeptide interaction

Wang, Ye; Bergström, Joakim; Ingelsson, Martin; Westermark, Gunilla

Part of Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023

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Tissue-based diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis: Experience of the informal diagnostic center at Uppsala University Hospital

Vesterlund Damjanovic, Justina; Ihse, Elisabet; Thelander, Ulrika; Zancanaro, Alice et al.

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022

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Amyloid fibril structure from the vascular variant of systemic AA amyloidosis

Banerjee, Sambhasan; Baur, Julian; Daniel, Christoph; Pfeiffer, Peter Benedikt et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022

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Washingtonia filifera seed extracts inhibit the islet amyloid polypeptide fibrils formations and alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase activity

Floris, Sonia; Fais, Antonella; Medda, Rosaria; Pintus, Francesca et al.

Part of Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, p. 517-524, 2021

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AA amyloid in human food chain is a possible biohazard

Rising, Anna; Gherardi, Paola; Chen, Gefei; Johansson, Jan et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2021

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Enhanced detection of ATTR amyloid using a nanofibril-based assay

Rahman, M. Mahafuzur; Schmuck, Benjamin; Hansson, Henrik; Hard, Torleif et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 158-167, 2021

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A new biological prospective for the 2-phenylbenzofurans as inhibitors of α-glucosidase and of the islet amyloid polypeptide formation

Delogu, Giovanna Lucia; Era, Benedetta; Floris, Sonia; Medda, Rosaria et al.

Part of International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, p. 428-435, 2021

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Formation of amyloid in encapsulated human pancreatic and human stem cell-generated beta cell implants

Van Hulle, Freya; De Groot, Kaat; Stangé, Geert; Suenens, Krista et al.

Part of American Journal of Transplantation, p. 2090-2099, 2021

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The Amyloid Forming Peptides Islet Amyloid Polypeptide and Amyloid β Interact at the Molecular Level

Wang, Ye; Westermark, Gunilla

Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021

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Cryo-EM fibril structures from systemic AA amyloidosis reveal the species complementarity of pathological amyloids

Liberta, Falk; Loerch, Sarah; Rennegarbege, Matthies; Schierhorn, Angelika et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2019

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3D analysis of human islet amyloid polypeptide crystalline structures in Drosophila melanogaster

Xie, Ling; Gu, Xiaohong; Okamoto, Kenta; Westermark, Gunilla et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2019

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Lipid membranes accelerate amyloid formation in the mouse model of AA amyloidosis

Panahi, Aida Vahdat Shariat; Hultman, Per; Ollinger, Karin; Westermark, Gunilla T. et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 34-44, 2019

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The BRICHOS domain of Bri2 inhibits islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) fibril formation and toxicity in human beta cells

Oskarsson, Marie E.; Hermansson, Erik; Wang, Ye; Welsh, Nils et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018

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Noncerebral Amyloidoses: Aspects on Seeding, Cross-Seeding, and Transmission

Westermark, Gunilla; Faendrich, Marcus; Lundmark, Katarzyna; Westermark, Per

Part of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2018

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Transplantation of macroencapsulated human islets within the bioartificial pancreas βAir to patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Carlsson, Per-Ola; Espes, Daniel; Sedigh, Amir; Rotem, Avi et al.

Part of American Journal of Transplantation, p. 1735-1744, 2018

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Protofibrillar and Fibrillar Amyloid-beta Binding Proteins in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Rahman, M. Mahafuzur; Westermark, Gunilla; Zetterberg, Henrik; Hard, Torleif et al.

Part of Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, p. 1053-1064, 2018

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The Cryo-EM Method Micro-ED Structure Determination of Type II Diabetes-Related Protein Segments

Krotee, Pascal; Rodriguez, Jose A.; Sawaya, Michael R.; Cascio, Duilio et al.

Part of Biophysical Journal, 2017

Islet amyloid deposits preferentially in the highly functional and most blood-perfused islets.

Ullsten, Sara; Bohman, Sara; Oskarsson, Marie E; Nilsson, K Peter R et al.

Part of Endocrine Connections, p. 458-468, 2017

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Atomic structures of fibrillar segments of hIAPP suggest tightly mated beta-sheets are important or cytotoxicity

Krotee, Pascal; Rodriguez, Jose A.; Sawaya, Michael R.; Cascio, Duilio et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2017

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Human Astrocytes Transfer Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein via Tunneling Nanotubes

Rostami, Jinar; Holmqvist, Staffan; Lindström, Veronica; Sigvardson, Jessica et al.

Part of Journal of Neuroscience, p. 11835-11853, 2017

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Systemic AA amyloidosis in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Rising, Anna; Cederlund, Ella; Palmberg, Carina; Uhlhorn, Henrik et al.

Part of Protein Science, p. 2312-2318, 2017

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Seed-dependent templating of murine AA amyloidosis

Nyström, Sofie; Panahi, Aida Vahdat Shariat; Nilsson, K. Peter R.; Westermark, Per et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 140-141, 2017

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Islet amyloid in recent-onset type 1 diabetes-the DiViD study

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Krogvold, Lars; Dahl-Jorgensen, Knut; Ludvigsson, Johnny

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, p. 201-203, 2017

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Addition of exogenous sodium palmitate increases the IAPP/insulin mRNA ratio via GPR40 in human EndoC-beta H1 cells

Krizhanovskii, Camilla; Fred, Rikard G; Oskarsson, Marie E.; Westermark, Gunilla T. et al.

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, p. 149-159, 2017

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The human serum protein C4b-binding protein inhibits pancreatic IAPP-induced inflammasome activation

Kulak, Klaudia; Westermark, Gunilla; Papac-Milicevic, Nikolina; Renström, Erik et al.

Part of Diabetologia, p. 1522-1533, 2017

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C-11 and F-18 Radiolabeling of Tetra- and Pentathiophenes as PET-Ligands for Amyloid Protein Aggregates

Nordeman, Patrik; Johansson, Leif B. G.; Back, Marcus; Estrada, Sergio et al.

Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 368-373, 2016

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Electron tomography reveals the fibril structure and lipid interactions in amyloid deposits

Kollmer, Marius; Meinhardt, Katrin; Haupt, Christian; Liberta, Falk et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 5604-5609, 2016

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The complement regulator C4b-binding protein inhibits islet amyloid polypeptide-induced inflammasome activation

Kulak, Klaudia; Westermark, Gunilla; Papac-Milicevic, Nikolina; Renström, Erik et al.

Part of Immunobiology, p. 1162-1162, 2016

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C4b-binding Protein Protects -Cells from Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-induced Cytotoxicity

Sjölander, Jonatan; Byman, Elin; Kulak, Klaudia; Nilsson, Sara C. et al.

Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 21644-21655, 2016

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Establishing the fluorescent amyloid ligand h-FTAA for studying human tissues with systemic and localized amyloid

Sjölander, Daniel; Roecken, Christoph; Westermark, Per; Westermark, Gunilla T. et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 98-108, 2016

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In Vivo Seeding and Cross-Seeding of Localized Amyloidosis A Molecular Link between Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer Disease

Oskarsson, Marie E.; Paulsson, Johan F.; Schultz, Sebastian W.; Ingelsson, Martin et al.

Part of American Journal of Pathology, p. 834-846, 2015

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C4BP inhibits IAPP-mediated inflammasome activation in type 2 diabetes

King, Ben; Kulak, Klaudia; Papac-Milicevic, Nikolina; Westermark, Gunilla et al.

Part of Molecular Immunology, p. 152-152, 2015

Eighty years of research on islet amyloidosis in Uppsala

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Oskarsson, Marie; Andersson, Arne; Westermark, Per

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, p. 117-123, 2015

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Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Are Important for Islet Amyloid Formation and Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-induced Apoptosis

Oskarsson, Marie E.; Singh, Kailash; Wang, Jian; Vlodavsky, Israel et al.

Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 15121-15132, 2015

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High Plasma Levels of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Young with New-Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Paulsson, Johan F.; Ludvigsson, Johnny; Carlsson, Annelie; Casas, Rosaura et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2014

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Transthyretin-derived amyloidosis: Probably a common cause of lumbar spinal stenosis

Westermark, Per; Westermark, Gunilla T.; Suhr, Ole B.; Berg, Svante

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, p. 223-228, 2014

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C4b-binding protein inhibits islet amyloid polypeptide-induced cytotoxicity and inflammation

Nilsson, Sara C.; King, Ben C.; Sjolander, Jonatan; Storm, Petter et al.

Part of Molecular Immunology, p. 224-224, 2014

The chaperone domain BRICHOS prevents CNS toxicity of amyloid-beta peptide in Drosophila melanogaster

Hermansson, Erik; Schultz, Sebastian; Crowther, Damian; Linse, Sara et al.

Part of Disease Models and Mechanisms, p. 659-665, 2014

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Birth and Death of Human beta-Cells in Pancreases From Cadaver Donors, Autopsies, Surgical Specimens, and Islets Transplanted Into Mice

Caballero, Francisco; Siniakowicz, Karolina; Hollister-Lock, Jennifer; Duran, Luisa et al.

Part of Cell Transplantation, p. 139-151, 2014

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Depletion of Spleen Macrophages Delays AA Amyloid Development: A Study Performed in the Rapid Mouse Model of AA Amyloidosis

Lundmark, Katarzyna; Shariatpanahi, Aida Vahdat; Westermark, Gunilla T.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2013

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Efficient Amyloid A Clearance in the Absence of Immunoglobulins and Complement Factors

Sponarova, Jana; Nuvolone, Mario; Whicher, Charlotte; Frei, Nathalie et al.

Part of American Journal of Pathology, p. 1297-1307, 2013

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C-11 and F-18 radiolabeling of tetra and pentatiophenes as PET-ligands for misfolded protein aggregates

Nordeman, Patrik; Hall, Håkan; Hammarstrom, Per; Nilsson, Peter R. et al.

Part of Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals, 2013

Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Triggers Limited Complement Activation and Binds Complement Inhibitor C4b-binding Protein, Which Enhances Fibril Formation

Sjölander, Jonatan; Westermark, Gunilla T.; Renström, Erik; Blom, Anna M.

Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 10824-10833, 2012

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Ichthyin/NIPAL4 localizes to keratins and desmosomes in epidermis and Ichthyin mutations affect epidermal lipid metabolism

Dahlqvist, Johanna; Westermark, Gunilla T.; Vahlquist, Anders; Dahl, Niklas

Part of Archives of Dermatological Research, p. 377-386, 2012

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Amyloid neuropathology in the single Arctic APP transgenic model affects interconnected brain regions

Rönnback, Annica; Sagelius, Hanna; Bergstedt, Karin Dillner; Naslund, Jan et al.

Part of Neurobiology of Aging, 2012

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Extensive amyloid formation in transplanted microencapsulated mouse and human islets

Bohman, Sara; Westermark, Gunilla

Part of Amyloid, p. 87-93, 2012

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Further Evidence for Amyloid Deposition in Clinical Pancreatic Islet Grafts

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Davalli, Alberto M.; Secchi, Antonio; Folli, Franco et al.

Part of Transplantation, p. 219-223, 2012

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AA-Amyloid is cleared by endogenous immunological mechanisms

Nyström, Sofia N.; Westermark, Gunilla T.

Part of Amyloid, p. 138-145, 2012

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Complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein is involved in protein AA amyloidosis

Sjölander, Jonatan; Lundmark, Katarzyna; Wetsel, Rick; Blom, Anna M. et al.

Part of Immunobiology, p. 1158-1158, 2012

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Observations in APP bitransgenic mice suggest that diffuse and compact plaques form via independent processes in Alzheimer's disease

Lord, Anna; Philipson, Ola; Klingstedt, Therése; Westermark, Gunilla et al.

Part of American Journal of Pathology, p. 2286-2298, 2011

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PTAA and B10: new approaches to amyloid detection in tissue-evaluation of amyloid detection in tissue with a conjugated polyelectrolyte and a fibril-specific antibody fragment

Kieninger, Barbara; Gioeva, Zarina; Krueger, Sandra; Westermark, Gunilla T. et al.

Part of Amyloid, p. 47-52, 2011

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beta-Cell Loss and beta-Cell Apoptosis in Human Type 2 Diabetes Are Related to Islet Amyloid Deposition

Jurgens, Catherine A.; Toukatly, Mirna N.; Fligner, Corinne L.; Udayasankar, Jayalakshmi et al.

Part of American Journal of Pathology, p. 2632-2640, 2011

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

Westermark, Per; Lundmark, Katarzyna; Westermark, Gunilla T

Part of PloS one, 2009

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

Westermark, Gunilla T; Sletten, K; Westermark, Per

Part of Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, p. 535-540, 2009

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

Westermark, Gunilla; Westermark, Per

Part of Experimental diabetes research, p. 528354, 2008

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Proteostasis of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: A Molecular Perspective of Risk Factors and Protective Strategies for Type II Diabetes

Milardi, Danilo; Gazit, Ehud; Radford, Sheena E.; Xu, Yong et al.

Part of Chemical Reviews, p. 1845-1893, 2021

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Current and future treatment of amyloid diseases

Ankarcrona, M.; Winblad, B.; Monteiro, C.; Fearns, C. et al.

Part of Journal of Internal Medicine, p. 177-202, 2016

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Islet Amyloid Polypeptide and Diabetes

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Westermark, Per

Part of Current protein and peptide science, p. 330-337, 2013

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Islet amyloid polypeptide, islet amyloid, and diabetes mellitus

Westermark, Per; Andersson, Arne; Westermark, Gunilla T.

Part of Physiological Reviews, p. 795-826, 2011

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Localized amyloids important in diseases outside the brain: lessons from the islets of Langerhans and the thoracic aorta

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Westermark, Per

Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 3918-3929, 2011

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Prion-like aggregates: infectious agents in human disease

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Westermark, Per

Part of Trends in Molecular Medicine, p. 501-507, 2010

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

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Westermark, Per

Part of FEBS Letters, p. 2685-2690, 2009

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

Andersson, Arne; Bohman, Sara; Borg, L. A. Håkan; Paulsson, Johan F. et al.

Part of Experimental diabetes research, p. 562985, 2008

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AA Amyloidosis: Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapy

Westermark, Gunilla T.; Faendrich, Marcus; Westermark, Per

Part of Annual Review Of Pathology, p. 321-344, ANNUAL REVIEWS, 2015

• DOI for AA Amyloidosis: Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapy

Electron tomography analysis of Islet Amyloid Poly-Peptide aggregates in drosophila melanogaster

Xie, Ling; Gu, Xiaohong; Okamoto, Kenta; Westermark, Gunilla et al.

2017

Three dimensional electron tomography characterization of islet amyloid polypeptide aggregates in drosophila melanogaster

Xie, Ling; Gu, Xiaohong; Westermark, Gunilla; Leifer, Klaus

2014

Three dimensional electron tomography characterization of islet amyloid polypeptide aggregates in drosophila melanogaster

Xie, Ling; Gu, Xiaohong; Westermark, Gunilla; Leifer, Klaus

Part of Electron tomography, 2014

Evaluation of Luminescent Conjugated Oligothiophenes’ Usability for Real-time Monitoring of Islet Amyloid Formation

Wang, Ye; Oskarsson, Marie E.; Nilsson, Peter; Westermark, Gunilla

Studies on Alpha-synuclein and Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Interaction in Islets

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Proteotoxicity and Phenotypic Variability of ATTR Amyloidosis in Drosophila Melanogaster Model

Gu, Xiaohong; Westermark, Gunilla T.