Table 1.

Some examples of amyloid proteins, their functional precursors, and related diseases.

Amyloid protein (abbreviation)	Precursor protein	Disease	Distribution/type	Reference
Aβ	Aβ precursor protein	Alzheimer's disease	Localized/hereditary or Acquired	[57]
Aβ	Aβ precursor protein	Cerebral amyloid angiopathy	Localized/hereditary	[58]
AIAPP	Pro-IAPP	Diabetes mellitus type II	Localized/???	[59]
AL	Immunoglobulin light chain	Primary systemic amyloidosis	Systemic/acquired	[60]
AA	Serum amyloid A	Rheumatoid arthritis	Systemic/acquired	[61]
ATTR	Wild-type transthyretin	Senile systemic amyloidosis	Systemic/acquired	[62]
ATTR	Transthyretin variant	Familial amyloid polyneuropathy	Systemic/hereditary	[63]
AFib	Fibrinogen α-chain variant	Familial amyloidosis	Systemic/hereditary	[64]
Aβ2M	Beta 2 microglobulin	Hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis	Systemic/acquired	[65]
APrPSC	Prion protein	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	Localized/hereditary	[66]
AANF	Atrial natriuretic factor	Isolated atrial amyloidosis	Localized/acquired	[67]