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Experimental Diabetes Research
Volume 2008, Article ID 429274, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/429274
Research Article

Transthyretin and Amyloid in the Islets of Langerhans in Type-2 Diabetes

Gunilla T. Westermark1 and Per Westermark2

1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
2Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 31 January 2008; Revised 7 May 2008; Accepted 3 July 2008

Academic Editor: Steven E. Kahn

Copyright © 2008 Gunilla T. Westermark and Per Westermark. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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