STRUCTURE AND AGGREGATION MECHANISMS IN AMYLOIDS

The aggregation phyre vapes of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several misfolding diseases known as amyloidoses.Alzheimer′s, Parkinson′s and Huntington’s diseases are some of the approximately 50 amyloid diseases d

Infectious diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract are rare, but certain bacteria including Treponema pallidum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis may infect the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum even in an immunocompetent individual.Gastric syphilis is difficult to diagnose because it presents with non-specific symptoms and diverse endoscopic findi