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Are elevated serum amyloid A levels and amyloid-enhancing factor sufficient to induce inflammation-associated amyloid
Applied Pathology
|January 1, 1984
Abstract:
During inflammation-associated amyloidosis two coincident factors, serum amyloid A (SAA) and amyloid-enhancing factor (AEF) are apparently necessary for amyloid A (AA) deposition. It is shown by passive transfer of cytokines, which stimulate SAA production, and AEF that these are not sufficient. A further factor(s) is necessary, which stems from the acute inflammatory response. Potential candidates are serum or tissue glycosaminoglycans.