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Lipoprotein lipase mutations and Alzheimer's disease.
American journal of medical genetics - 16 Apr 1999
Baum L, Chen L, Masliah E, Chan Y S, Ng H K, Pang C P
Abstract excerpt
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) helps transfer lipids from lipoprotein particles to cells. In the brain, LPL is present in Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid plaques. LPL binds apolipoprotein E (ApoE) lipoprotein particles and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP), an ApoE receptor. Since...
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