類澱粉蛋白

類澱粉-{}-蛋白（）又稱淀粉样-{}-物质、淀粉样蛋白，簡稱類澱粉，是一種不可溶的纖維性蛋白質。在器官中不正常的堆積，會造成類澱粉沉積症（）。在許多神經性疾病，如阿茲海默症、帕金森氏症中，都可以觀察到神經系統中出現大量類澱粉蛋白的累積沉澱。許多學者相信它可能導致腦部或其他器官退化或功能障礙。

定義
類澱粉蛋白（）的名稱來自於早期未成熟的碘染色（）技術，使得科學家誤以為它是一種澱粉（）。當時科學界一直在爭論它到底是屬於脂肪沉澱，或是碳水化合物沉澱，直到最後，才發現它其實是一種蛋白質。

參考文獻

外部連結
 Dutch forum   
   Amyloidosis Foundation
 Bacterial Inclusion Bodies Contain Amyloid-Like Structure  at SciVee
 Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis
 Stanford University Amyloid Center 
 Amyloid Treatment and Research Program  at Boston University
 Amyloid: Journal of Protein Folding Disorders web page  at InformaWorld
 Information, support and advice to anyone with Amyloidosis, particularly in Australia (www.amyloidosisaustralia.org)
 UK National Amyloidosis Centre - one of the largest amyloid diagnosis and research centres  at ucl.ac.uk
 Engineering Amyloid for material at University of California, Berkeley
 National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse  at National Institute of Health
  Role of anesthetics in Alzheimer's disease: Molecular details revealed 
 Mini Review Amyloidosis Covering structure, mechanisms of action and kinetics of amyloid fibrils.
 Video of amyloid formation. 

Category:組織病理學
Category:结构蛋白