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Amyloidogenic peptides and proteins discussed in this Account and their associated diseases.
| disease | peptide/protein |
|---|---|
| Alzheimer’s disease | β-amyloid peptide Aβ |
| Parkinson’s disease | α-synuclein (α-Syn) |
| Huntington’s disease | huntingtin |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) |
| Creutzfeld-Jakob disease | human prion protein (hPrP) |
| type-2 diabetes | islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) |
| dialysis-related amyloidosis | β2-microglobulin (B2M) |
