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Merrill Benson

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1961 …2019
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NIH Grants 1976 2015

Pathogenesis and Treatment of AA Amyloidosis

Benson, M.

Project: Research project

XIV International Symposium on Amliodosis

Benson, M.

National Institutes of Health

3/1/14 → 2/28/15

Project: Research project

Amyloidosis
Familial Amyloidosis
Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Posters
Financial Management

Reactive (AA)Amyloidosis

Benson, M.

National Institutes of Health

1/1/11 → 12/31/14

Project: Research project

Amyloidosis
Serum Amyloid A Protein
Amyloid
Chronic Disease
Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes

PATHOGENESIS OF AL AMYLOIDOSIS

Benson, M.

National Institutes of Health

5/1/95 → 4/30/99

Project: Research project

Amyloidosis
Amyloid
Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Proteins
Light

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN (APP) AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Benson, M.

National Institutes of Health

7/1/92 → 6/30/98

Project: Research project

Protein S
Amyloid
Alzheimer Disease
Mutation
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor

Publications 1961 2019

A pair of peptides inhibits seeding of the hormone transporter transthyretin into amyloid fibrils

Saelices, L., Nguyen, B. A., Chung, K., Wang, Y., Ortega, A., Lee, J. H., Coelho, T., Bijzet, J., Benson, M. & Eisenberg, D. S., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294, 15, p. 6130-6141 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Prealbumin
Amyloid
Hormones
Peptides
Familial Amyloidosis

Inotersen (transthyretin-specific antisense oligonucleotide) for treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis

Benson, M., Dasgupta, N. & Monia, B. P., Feb 1 2019, In : Neurodegenerative disease management. 9, 1, p. 25-30 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Prealbumin
Antisense Oligonucleotides
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Familial Amyloidosis
Quality of Life
1 Citation (Scopus)

Amyloid nomenclature 2018: recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee

Benson, M., Buxbaum, J. N., Eisenberg, D. S., Merlini, G., Saraiva, M. J. M., Sekijima, Y., Sipe, J. D. & Westermark, P., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Amyloid.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Amyloidosis
Amyloid
Terminology
Serum Amyloid P-Component
Birefringence
4 Citations (Scopus)

Amyloid seeding of transthyretin by ex vivo cardiac fibrils and its inhibition

Saelices, L., Chung, K., Lee, J. H., Cohn, W., Whitelegge, J. P., Benson, M. & Eisenberg, D. S., Jul 17 2018, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 29, p. E6741-E6750

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Prealbumin
Amyloid
Seeds
Protein Precursors
Liver
2 Citations (Scopus)

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: baseline characteristics of patients in the NEURO-TTR trial

Waddington-Cruz, M., Ackermann, E. J., Polydefkis, M., Heitner, S. B., Dyck, P. J., Barroso, F. A., Wang, A. K., Berk, J. L., Dyck, P. J. B., Monia, B. P., Hughes, S. G., Tai, L., Jesse Kwoh, T., Jung, S. W., Coelho, T., Benson, M. & Gertz, M. A., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Amyloid.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Familial Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis
Polyneuropathies
Quality of Life
Cardiomyopathies