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Apolipoprotein E modulates Alzheimer's Abeta(1-42)-induced oxidative damage to synaptosomes in an allele-specific manner.
Brain research - 4 Jan 2002
Lauderback Christopher M, Kanski Jaroslaw, Hackett Janna M, Maeda Noboyo, Kindy Mark S, Butterfield D Allan
Abstract excerpt
Several functional differences have been reported among the three human e2, e3, and e4 alleles of apolipoprotein E (apoE). One functional difference lies in the antioxidant potential of these alleles; e4 has the poorest potential. Interestingly, e4 also correlates with increased oxidative damage in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, which may explain why the inheritance of the e4 allele is a risk factor for the...
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