Per Westermark

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Amyloid contained in the knee joint meniscus is formed from apolipoprotein A-I
    Arthritis & Rheumatism, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 3545–3550, 2006
  2. Immunoaffinity chromatographic and immunoprecipitation methods combined with mass spectrometry for characterization of circulating transthyretin
    Journal of Separation Science, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 371–377, 2006
  3. Subcutaneous fat tissue for diagnosis and studies of systemic amyloidosis
    Acta Histochemica, vol. 108, no. 3, pp. 209–213, 2006
  4. Surface exposed epitopes and structural heterogeneity of in vivo formed transthyretin amyloid fibrils
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 348, no. 2, pp. 532–539, 2006
  5. Lactadherin binds to elastin – a starting point for medin amyloid formation?
    Amyloid: The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 78–85, 2006
  6. Misclassification of amyloidosis is unwarranted
    Blood, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 776–777, 2006
  7. Aspects on human amyloid forms and their fibril polypeptides
    FEBS Journal, vol. 272, no. 23, pp. 5942–5949, 2005
  8. Medin-amyloid: A recently characterized age-associated arterial amyloid form affects mainly arteries in the upper part of the body
    Amyloid: The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 96–102, 2005
  9. A Swedish family with the rare Phe33Leu transthyretin mutation
    Amyloid: The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 189–192, 2005
  10. Senile seminal vesicle amyloid is derived from semenogelin I
    Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, vol. 145, no. 4, pp. 187–193, 2005
  11. Protein fibrils in nature can enhance amyloid protein A amyloidosis in mice: Cross-seeding as a disease mechanism
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 102, no. 17, pp. 6098–6102, 2005
  12. Amyloid deposits in transthyretin-derived amyloidosis: cleaved transthyretin is associated with distinct amyloid morphology
    The Journal of Pathology, vol. 206, no. 2, pp. 224–232, 2005
  13. Seeding Specificity in Amyloid Growth Induced by Heterologous Fibrils
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 17, pp. 17490–17499, 2004
  14. Two different types of amyloid deposits—apolipoprotein A-IV and transthyretin—in a patient with systemic amyloidosis
    Laboratory Investigation, vol. 84, no. 8, Article ID 3700124, 7 pages, 2004
  15. The systemic amyloidoses: clearer understanding of the molecular mechanisms offers hope for more effective therapies
    Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 255, no. 2, pp. 159–178, 2004
  16. Islet Amyloid: A Critical Entity in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes
    Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 89, no. 8, pp. 3629–3643, 2004
  17. Beneficial Effects of Insulin Versus Sulphonylurea on Insulin Secretion and Metabolic Control in Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients
    Diabetes Care, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 2231–2237, 2003
  18. Islet amyloid polypeptide inhibits glucagon release and exerts a dual action on insulin release from isolated islets
    Regulatory Peptides, vol. 111, no. 1-3, pp. 55–60, 2003
  19. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic (Pindborg) tumor-associated amyloid consists of a novel human protein
    Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, vol. 142, no. 5, pp. 348–355, 2003
  20. Senile amyloidoses ? diseases of increasing importance
    Acta Histochemica, vol. 105, no. 4, pp. 377–378, 2003
  21. Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis in Sweden and Estonia: Clinical, Genetic and Ultrastructural Findings in Eighty-three Patients
    Acta Dermato-Venereologica, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 24–30, 2003
  22. Biclonal Systemic AL-Amyloidosis with One Glycosylated and One Nonglycosylated AL-Protein*
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 319–323, 2003
  23. Transmissibility of systemic amyloidosis by a prion-like mechanism
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 99, no. 10, pp. 6979–6984, 2002
  24. Hereditary Amyloidosis
    New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 347, no. 15, pp. 1206–1207, 2002
  25. Islet amyloid polypeptide is expressed in the pancreatic islet parenchyma of the teleostean fish, Myoxocephalus (cottus) scorpius
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 133, no. 1, pp. 119–125, 2002
  26. Apolipoprotein A-1-derived amyloid in atherosclerotic plaques of the human aorta
    The Journal of Pathology, vol. 193, no. 2, pp. 270–275, 2001
  27. Medin and medin-amyloid in ageing inflamed and non-inflamed temporal arteries
    The Journal of Pathology, vol. 196, no. 1, pp. 91–96, 2001
  28. Codeposition of Apolipoprotein A-IV and Transthyretin in Senile Systemic (ATTR) Amyloidosis
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 285, no. 4, pp. 903–908, 2001
  29. Apolipoprotein A-I-Derived Amyloid in Atherosclerosis
    American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 115, no. 2, pp. 298–303, 2001
  30. Chemical Typing of Amyloid Protein Contained in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Biopsy Specimens
    American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 135–142, 2001
  31. Amyloid in Human Islets of Langerhans: Immunologic Evidence That Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Is Modified in Amyloidogenesis
    Pancreas, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 212–218, 2000
  32. Liver transplantation as rescue treatment in a patient with primary AL kappa amyloidosis
    Transplant International, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 92–97, 2000
  33. Differences in amyloid deposition in islets of transgenic mice expressing human islet amyloid polypeptide versus human islets implanted into nude mice*1
    Metabolism, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 448–454, 1999
  34. Cutaneous malignant melanoma in Swedish children and teenagers 1973-1992: a clinico-pathological study of 130 cases
    International Journal of Cancer, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 646–651, 1999
  35. Medin: An integral fragment of aortic smooth muscle cell-produced lactadherin forms the most common human amyloid
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 96, no. 15, pp. 8669–8674, 1999
  36. Extensive Intimal Apolipoprotein A1-Derived Amyloid Deposits in a Patient with an Apolipoprotein A1 Mutation
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 242, no. 3, pp. 534–539, 1998
  37. Extended Analysis of AL-Amyloid Protein from Abdominal Wall Subcutaneous Fat Biopsy: Kappa IV Immunoglobulin Light Chain
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 245, no. 3, pp. 713–716, 1998
  38. Increased Insulin Secretion and Glucose Tolerance in Mice Lacking Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (Amylin)
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 250, no. 2, pp. 271–277, 1998
  39. Fragments of the Constant Region of Immunoglobulin Light Chains Are Constituents of AL-Amyloid Proteins
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 251, no. 2, pp. 642–647, 1998
  40. Constant Region of a kappa III Immunoglobulin Light Chain as a Major AL-Amyloid Protein
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 92–98, 1998
  41. Acceleration of amyloid protein A amyloidosis by amyloid-like synthetic fibrils
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 95, no. 5, pp. 2558–2563, 1998
  42. Altered immunoreactivity of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) may reflect major modifications of the IAPP molecule in amyloidogenesis
    Diabetologia, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 793–801, 1997
  43. Effect of insulin treatment on circulating islet amyloid polypeptide in patients with NIDDM
    Diabetic Medicine, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 472–476, 1997
  44. Renal Elimination of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 239, no. 1, pp. 265–268, 1997
  45. A Protein AA-Variant Derived from a Novel Serum AA Protein, SAA1 d,in an Individual from Papua New Guinea
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 223, no. 2, pp. 320–323, 1996
  46. Effects of beta cell granule components on human islet amyloid polypeptide fibril formation
    FEBS Letters, vol. 379, no. 3, pp. 203–206, 1996
  47. Rapid deposition of amyloid in human islets transplanted into nude mice
    Diabetologia, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 543–549, 1995
  48. The age related amyloids: a growing family of unique biochemical substances.
    Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 984–989, 1995
  49. Fibrils from Synthetic Amyloid-Related Peptides Enhance Development of Experimental AA-Amyloidosis in Mice
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 199, no. 1, pp. 306–312, 1994
  50. Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Stimulates Cyclic AMP Accumulation via the Porcine Calcitonin Receptor
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 205, no. 2, pp. 1226–1235, 1994
  51. Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes
    New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 330, no. 5, pp. 313–318, 1994
  52. Islet amyloid polypeptide in the rabbit and European hare: studies on its relationship to amyloidogenesis
    Diabetologia, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 183–188, 1993
  53. Islet amyloid polypeptide: demonstration of mRNA in human pancreatic islets by in situ hybridization in islets with and without amyloid deposits
    Diabetologia, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 323–328, 1993
  54. Tumour-Like Localized Amyloid of the Brain is derived from Immunoglobulin Light Chain
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 623–626, 1993
  55. The Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Bovine Serum Amyloid Protein A (SAA) and of Subspecies of the Tissue-Deposited Amyloid Fibril Protein A
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 217–224, 1992
  56. Human islet amyloid polypeptide at pharmacological levels inhibits insulin and phorbol ester-stimulated glucose transport in in vitro incubated human muscle strips
    Diabetologia, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 26–31, 1992
  57. Islet amyloid polypeptide ? a novel controversy in diabetes research
    Diabetologia, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 297–303, 1992
  58. The N-terminal segment of protein AA determines its fibrillogenic property
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 182, no. 1, pp. 27–33, 1992
  59. Homologous islet amyloid polypeptide: effects on plasma levels of glucagon, insulin and glucose in the mouse
    Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 167–171, 1992
  60. Characterization of intracellular amyloid fibrils in the human choroid plexus epithelial cells
    Acta Neuropathologica, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 597–603, 1990
  61. Co-localization of islet amyloid polypeptide and insulin in the B cell secretory granules of the human pancreatic islets
    Diabetologia, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 240–244, 1989
  62. Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and pro-IAPP immunoreactivity in human islets of Langerhans
    Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 219–226, 1989
  63. Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP): cDNA cloning and identification of an amyloidogenic region associated with the species-specific occurrence of age-related diabetes mellitus*1
    Experimental Cell Research, vol. 183, no. 2, pp. 484–493, 1989
  64. Sequence divergence in a specific region of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) explains differences in islet amyloid formation between species
    FEBS Letters, vol. 251, no. 1-2, pp. 261–264, 1989
  65. 'Amylin' hormone
    Nature, vol. 338, no. 6212, Article ID 338211a0, 1 pages, 1989
  66. Use of subcutaneous abdominal fat biopsy specimen for detailed typing of amyloid fibril protein-AL by amino acid sequence analysis.
    Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 817–819, 1989
  67. Massive Vascular AA-Amyloidosis: A Histologically and Biochemically Distinctive Subtype of Reactive Systemic Amyloidosis
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 605–613, 1989
  68. AA amyloid-associated gastroenteropathy in a horse
    Journal of Comparative Pathology, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 195–204, 1988
  69. Evidence that the amyloid fibril protein in senile systemic amyloidosis is derived from normal prealbumin
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 154, no. 2, pp. 648–653, 1988
  70. Insulin as an amyloid-fibril protein at sites of repeated insulin injections in a diabetic patient
    Diabetologia, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 158–161, 1988
  71. The pathogenesis of maturity-onset diabetes mellitus: Is there a link to islet amyloid polypeptide?
    BioEssays, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 30–33, 1988
  72. Atrial natriuretic peptide deposited as atrial amyloid fibrils
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 148, no. 3, pp. 1087–1092, 1987
  73. ISLET AMYLOID POLYPEPTIDE
    The Lancet, vol. 330, no. 8559, p. 623, 1987
  74. Amyloid Fibrils in Human Insulinoma and Islets of Langerhans of the Diabetic Cat are Derived from a Neuropeptide-Like Protein also Present in Normal Islet Cells
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 84, no. 11, pp. 3881–3885, 1987
  75. Bovine amyloid protein AA: Isolation and amino acid sequence analysis
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 609–614, 1986
  76. A novel peptide in the calcitonin gene related peptide family as an amyloid fibril protein in the endocrine pancreas
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 827–831, 1986
  77. Two different pathogenetic pathways in lichen amyloidosus and macular amyloidosis
    Archives of Dermatological Research, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 206–213, 1986
  78. AA-amyloidosis in dogs: Partial amino acid sequence of protein AA and immunohistochemical cross-reactivity with human and cow AA-amyloid
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 211–215, 1985
  79. Prealbumin in Swedish Patients with Senile Systemic Amyloidosis and Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 133–140, 1985
  80. Amino Acid Sequences in Amyloid Proteins of chiIII Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Origin
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 557–560, 1983
  81. Immunofluorescence and histochemical studies of localized cutaneous amyloidosis
    British Journal of Dermatology, vol. 108, no. 3, pp. 277–285, 1983
  82. Localized laryngeal amyloidosis: Partial characterization of an amyloid fibril protein al
    Molecular Immunology, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 447–450, 1982
  83. Amyloid P-component (protein AP) in localized amyloidosis as revealed by an immunocytochemical method
    Histochemistry, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 171–175, 1981
  84. Bullous amyloidosis
    Archives of Dermatology, vol. 117, no. 12, pp. 782–784, 1981
  85. Further Structural and Antigenic Studies of Light-chain Amyloid Proteins
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 89–94, 1981
  86. Senile Cardiac Amyloid is Related to Prealbumin
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 503–506, 1980
  87. Senile amyloidosis: a protean manifestation of the aging process.
    Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 1146–1152, 1980
  88. Immunocytochemical study of argyrophil (Sevier Munger) endocrine cells of adult human pancreas
    Histochemistry, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 95–98, 1980
  89. Senile Cardiac Amyloidosis: Evidence of Two Different Amyloid Substances in the Ageing Heart
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 303–308, 1979
  90. Characterization of Amyloid of Ageing Obese-Hyperglycaemic Mice and their Lean Littermates
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 193–196, 1979
  91. The influence of amyloid deposits on the islet volume in maturity onset diabetes mellitus
    Diabetologia, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 417–421, 1978
  92. Amyloid of human islets of Langerhans
    Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histology, vol. 373, no. 2, pp. 161–166, 1977
  93. Characterization of an amyloid fibril protein from senile cardiac amyloid
    Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 146, no. 2, pp. 631–636, 1977
  94. Characterization of amyloid fibril proteins from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
    Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 143, no. 4, pp. 993–998, 1976
  95. Coexistence of Protein AA and Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Fragments in Amyloid Fibrils
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 31–36, 1976
  96. The P-Component of Amyloid of Human Islets of Langerhans
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 95–97, 1975
  97. On the nature of the amyloid in human islets of langerhans
    Histochemistry, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 27–33, 1974
  98. The pancreatic islets in systemic amyloidosis
    Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histology, vol. 363, no. 2, pp. 179–182, 1974
  99. Fine structure of islets of Langerhans in insular amyloidosis
    Virchows Archiv Abteilung A Pathologische Anatomie, vol. 359, no. 1, pp. 1–18, 1973
  100. A new method for the diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis
    Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 522–523, 1973
  101. Mast cells in the islets of langerhans in insular amyloidosis
    Virchows Archiv Abteilung A Pathologische Anatomie, vol. 354, no. 1, pp. 17–23, 1971