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light chain deposition disease
Friday 10 December 2004
light-chain–deposition disease, light chain deposit disease, light chain amyloid deposition
Pathogeny
Local microenvironmental conditions affect the ultrastructural organization of protein deposits. For example, pH influences the processing of immunoglobulin light chains, causing them to form either fibrillar amyloid aggregates or amorphous aggregates characteristic of light-chain–deposition disease.
Association
POEMS syndrome
References
Unique Pattern of Renal κ Light Chain Amyloid Deposition With Histiocytic Transdifferentiation of Tubular Epithelial Cells. Hemminger J, Satoskar A, Brodsky SV, Calomeni E, Nadasdy GM, Kovach P, Hofmeister CC, Nadasdy T. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Aug;36(8):1253-7. PMID: 22790864