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ArticleNature communications2024

Light chain mutations contribute to defining the fibril morphology in systemic AL amyloidosis.

Sara Karimi-Farsijani, Peter Benedikt Pfeiffer, Sambhasan Banerjee, Julian Baur, Lukas Kuhn, Niklas Kupfer, Ute Hegenbart, Stefan O Schönland, Sebastian Wiese, Christian Haupt and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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  6. Biopsy-resolved cryo-EM structures of amyloid fibrils provide molecular insights into AL amyloidosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  10. An updated AL-base reveals ranked enrichment of immunoglobulin light chain variable genes in AL amyloidosis.Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis · 2025
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12 authors.

Sara Karimi-Farsijani *Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Peter Benedikt Pfeiffer *Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. peter.pfeiffer@uni-ulm.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3946-3579
Sambhasan BanerjeeInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-1034
Julian BaurInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Lukas KuhnInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Niklas KupferInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Ute HegenbartMedicinal Department V, Amyloidosis Centre, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-6746
Stefan O SchönlandMedicinal Department V, Amyloidosis Centre, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-5579
Sebastian WieseCore Unit Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-2608
Christian HauptInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Matthias SchmidtInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-460X
Marcus FändrichInstitute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-6816

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HA 7138/3Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HE 8472/1-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) SCHO 1364/2-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic AL amyloidosis is one of the most frequently diagnosed forms of systemic amyloidosis. It arises from mutational changes in immunoglobulin light chains. To explore whether these mutations may affect the structure of the formed fibrils, we determine and compare the fibril structures from several patients with cardiac AL amyloidosis. All patients are affected by light chains that contain an IGLV3-19 gene segment, and the deposited fibrils differ by the mutations within this common germ line background. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we here find different fibril structures in each patient. These data establish that the mutations of amyloidogenic light chains contribute to defining the fibril architecture and hence the structure of the pathogenic agent.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyImmunoglobulin Light-chain AmyloidosisImmunoglobulin Light ChainsMutationAmyloidFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAmyloidImmunoglobulin Light Chains

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PMCPMC11180120

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