Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a model of medical progress for a fatal disease

D Adams, H Koike, M Slama, T Coelho - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Hereditary amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (also
known as familial amyloid polyneuropathy) is a condition with adult onset caused by …

Systemic amyloidosis

AD Wechalekar, JD Gillmore, PN Hawkins - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Tissue deposition of protein fibrils causes a group of rare diseases called systemic
amyloidoses. This Seminar focuses on changes in their epidemiology, the current approach …

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing with Nexiguran Ziclumeran for ATTR cardiomyopathy

M Fontana, SD Solomon, J Kachadourian… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive,
often fatal disease. Nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) is an investigational therapy based on …

Safety and efficacy of RNAi therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis

T Coelho, D Adams, A Silva, P Lozeron… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Transthyretin amyloidosis is caused by the deposition of hepatocyte-derived
transthyretin amyloid in peripheral nerves and the heart. A therapeutic approach mediated …

Targeting protein aggregation for the treatment of degenerative diseases

YS Eisele, C Monteiro, C Fearns… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
The aggregation of specific proteins is hypothesized to underlie several degenerative
diseases, which are collectively known as amyloid disorders. However, the mechanistic …

New criteria for response to treatment in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis based on free light chain measurement and cardiac biomarkers: impact on survival …

G Palladini, A Dispenzieri, MA Gertz… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To identify the criteria for hematologic and cardiac response to treatment in
immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis based on survival analysis of a large patient …

Patisiran, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis

AV Kristen, S Ajroud-Driss, I Conceição… - Neurodegenerative …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis is a rapidly progressive, heterogeneous
disease caused by the accumulation of misfolded transthyretin protein as amyloid fibrils at …

Efficacy and safety of patisiran for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: a phase II multi-dose study

OB Suhr, T Coelho, J Buades, J Pouget… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2015 - Springer
Background Transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis is an inherited, progressively debilitating
disease caused by mutations in the transthyretin gene. This study evaluated the safety …

Definition of organ involvement and treatment response in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL): A consensus opinion from the 10th International Symposium …

MA Gertz, R Comenzo, RH Falk… - American journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We undertook this study to develop uniformly accepted criteria for the definition of organ
involvement and response for patients on treatment protocols for immunoglobulin light …

Amyloidosis: pathogenesis and new therapeutic options

G Merlini, DC Seldin, MA Gertz - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2011 - ascopubs.org
The systemic amyloidoses are a group of complex diseases caused by tissue deposition of
misfolded proteins that results in progressive organ damage. The most common type …