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In medicine, proteinopathy ([pref. protein]; -pathy [suff. disease]; proteinopathies pl.; proteinopathic adj), or proteopathy, protein conformational disorder, or protein misfolding disease, is a class of diseases in which certain proteins become structurally abnormal, and thereby disrupt the function of cells, tissues and organs of the body ...
Inclusion body myopathy with early-onset Paget disease and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD), now more commonly referred to as multisystem proteinopathy (MSP), is an autosomal dominant condition caused by mutations in VCP, HNRPA2B1 or HNRNPA1; it is a multisystem degenerative disorder that can affect muscle, bone, and/or the central nervous system.
LATE often coexists with a small blood vessel pathology affecting cerebral arterioles, which is termed arteriolosclerosis. [56] LATE-NC is more common in cases with comorbid tauopathy , including Alzheimer's-type plaques and tangles, primary age-related tauopathy (PART), and age-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG).
Hyperproteinemia is the state of having overly high levels of protein in the blood. This can occur due to monoclonal gammopathies such as multiple myeloma and after intravenous immunoglobulin has been given. [1] It can result in a falsely low appearing sodium level (hyponatremia). [1]
Multisystem proteinopathy (MSP) is a dominantly inherited, pleiotropic, degenerative disorder of humans that can affect muscle, bone, and/or the central nervous system.MSP can manifest clinically as classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), inclusion body myopathy (IBM), Paget's disease of bone (PDB), or as a combination of these disorders. [1]
The origins of pathophysiology as a distinct field date back to the late 18th century. The first known lectures on the subject were delivered by Professor August Friedrich Hecker at the University of Erfurt in 1790, and in 1791, he published the first textbook on pathophysiology, Grundriss der Physiologia pathologica, [2] spanning 770 pages. [3]
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Hemoglobinopathy is the medical term for a group of inherited blood disorders involving the hemoglobin, the major protein of red blood cells. [1] They are generally single-gene disorders and, in most cases, they are inherited as autosomal recessive traits.