Prealbumin

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A tetrameric protein, molecular weight between 50,000 and 70,000, consisting of 4 equal chains, and migrating on electrophoresis in 3 fractions more mobile than serum albumin. Its concentration ranges from 7 to 33 per cent in the serum, but levels decrease in liver disease.

Descriptor ID	D011228
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.034.841.450 D12.776.124.727.750
Concept/Terms	Prealbumin Prealbumin Transthyretin Proalbumin

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Albumins [D12.776.034]
Serum Albumin [D12.776.034.841]
Prealbumin [D12.776.034.841.450]
Blood Proteins [D12.776.124]
Serum Albumin [D12.776.124.727]
Prealbumin [D12.776.124.727.750]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2025	0	1	1

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Ruberg FL, Teruya S, Helmke S, Smiley DA, Fine D, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Prokaeva T, Spencer B, Wong S, Pandey S, Blaner WS, DeLuca A, Johnson LL, Kinkhabwala MP, Leb J, Mintz A, LaValley MP, Einstein AJ, Cohn E, Gallegos C, Murtagh G, Kelly JW, Miller EJ, Maurer MS. Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in Older Black and Hispanic Individuals With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Oct 01; 10(10):1034-1043.

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Madhani A, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Paul LD, Rodriguez C, Fine D, Helmke S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Teruya S, Cohn E, Einstein AJ, Miller EJ, Connors LH, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN-MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 08; 12(15):e028973.

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Ruberg FL, Blaner WS, Chiuzan C, Connors LH, Einstein AJ, Fine D, Helmke S, Kurian D, Pandey S, Raiszadeh F, Rodriguez C, Sabogal N, Teruya S, Winburn M, Chung WK, Cohn E, Miller EJ, Kelly JW, Maurer MS. Design and Rationale the SCAN-MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 04 18; 12(8):e028534.

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Kar S, Sep?lveda MS, Roy K, Leszczynski J. Endocrine-disrupting activity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Exploring combined approaches of ligand and structure based modeling. Chemosphere. 2017 Oct; 184:514-523.

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Manral P, Reixach N. Amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic transthyretin variants interact differently with human cardiomyocytes: insights into early events of non-fibrillar tissue damage. Biosci Rep. 2015 Jan 14; 35(1).

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Ueda M, Ageyama N, Nakamura S, Nakamura M, Chambers JK, Misumi Y, Mizuguchi M, Shinriki S, Kawahara S, Tasaki M, Jono H, Obayashi K, Sasaki E, Une Y, Ando Y. Aged vervet monkeys developing transthyretin amyloidosis with the human disease-causing Ile122 allele: a valid pathological model of the human disease. Lab Invest. 2012 Mar; 92(3):474-84.

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Nakagawa K, Sheikh SI, Snuderl M, Frosch MP, Greenberg SM. A new Thr49Pro transthyretin gene mutation associated with leptomeningeal amyloidosis. J Neurol Sci. 2008 Sep 15; 272(1-2):186-90.

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Fanti P, Asmis R, Stephenson TJ, Sawaya BP, Franke AA. Positive effect of dietary soy in ESRD patients with systemic inflammation--correlation between blood levels of the soy isoflavones and the acute-phase reactants. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Aug; 21(8):2239-46.

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