| Literature DB >> 3286343 |
F E Dische1, C Wernstedt, G T Westermark, P Westermark, M B Pepys, J A Rennie, S G Gilbey, P J Watkins.
Abstract
A patient with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus developed localised amyloidosis at the sites of his injections of porcine insulin. A major amyloid fibril protein was extracted and, by means of its amino acid composition and amino acid sequence, it was shown to contain intact insulin molecules. Porcine insulin is the tenth protein and the first foreign protein to be chemically identified in human amyloid fibrils.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3286343 DOI: 10.1007/bf00276849
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diabetologia ISSN: 0012-186X Impact factor: 10.122