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Beta-2 microglobulin

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== Disease ==
== Disease ==
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Elevated B2M levels are found in patients of liver chirossis.
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Elevated B2M levels are found in patients of liver cirrhosis<ref>PMID:3884477</ref> and hepatitis<ref>PMID:29221492</ref>. Dialysis-associated amyloidosis is a serious complication in chronic dialysis patients. It is caused by B2M fibrils amyloid deposits<ref>PMID:10737162</ref>.
== Relevance ==
== Relevance ==

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Human β-2 microglobulin (green) complex with MHC I (magenta) and HCMV PP65 nonapeptide (cyan), 3mrb

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References

  1. ↑ Liu C, Sawaya MR, Eisenberg D. beta-microglobulin forms three-dimensional domain-swapped amyloid fibrils with disulfide linkages. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 Jan;18(1):49-55. Epub 2010 Dec 5. PMID:21131979 doi:10.1038/nsmb.1948
  2. ↑ Nyberg A, Loof L, Hallgren R. Serum beta 2-microglobulin levels in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology. 1985 Mar-Apr;5(2):282-5. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840050222. PMID:3884477 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.1840050222
  3. ↑ Okoror LE, Ajayi AO, Ijalana OB. Elevated serum beta2-microglobulin in individuals coinfected with hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus in a rural settings in Southwest Nigeria. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Dec 8;10(1):719. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-3015-9. PMID:29221492 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3015-9
  4. ↑ Drueke TB. Beta2-microglobulin and amyloidosis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2000;15 Suppl 1:17-24. doi:, 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027958. PMID:10737162 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027958

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