The University of Chicago Header Logo

Amyloid

"Amyloid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
A fibrous protein complex that consists of proteins folded into a specific cross beta-pleated sheet structure. This fibrillar structure has been found as an alternative folding pattern for a variety of functional proteins. Deposits of amyloid in the form of AMYLOID PLAQUES are associated with a variety of degenerative diseases. The amyloid structure has also been found in a number of functional proteins that are unrelated to disease.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amyloid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Amyloid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 62 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2009
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.