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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Amyloid ; Alzheimers disease ; Scrapie ; EM ; Isolation ; Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The structure of partially purified, CNS amyloid fibrils from three different sources have been compared by negative stain EM. The fibrils isolated from brains with senile dementia of Alzheimer type were 4–8 nm in diameter, narrowing every 30–40 nm and apparently composed of two 2–4 nm filaments. The fibrils from a Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome brain were 7–9 nm in diameter, narrowing every 70–80 nm and with a suggestion that they are composed of two 3–5 nm filaments. The fibrils isolated from 87V scrapie-affected mouse brains were 4–8 nm in diameter with a twist every 15–25 nm presumably composed of two 2–4 nm filaments. The fibrils from the scrapie brains were usually observed in pairs. The shape of the clusters of the isolated amyloid fibrils observed in each disease was similar in negative stain and thin section EM preparations and was related to the characteristic morphology of the amyloid fibrils in the neuritic and amyloid plaques in situ. The structural differences between the CNS amyloid fibrils from the various diseases studied by us may reflect differences in the polypeptides which comprise the fibril and/or a different pathogenesis in the formation of the amyloid fibrils.
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    Acta neuropathologica 54 (1981), S. 63-74 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Scrapie ; Fibrils ; Amyloid
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Abnormal fibrillary structures, designated “scrapie-associated fibrils” (SAF), have been observed using negative stain techniques in subfractions of brains from scrapie-affected animals. SAF have been observed in all combinations of strain of scrapie agent and strain or species of host examined, regardless of their histopathology, in particular the presence or absence of amyloid plaques. SAF consist either of two or four filaments. They are morphologically dissimilar to the normal brain fibrils — microtubules, neurofilaments, glial filaments, and F actin. However, SAF do bear a resemblance to amyloid.
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