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Oxidative protein damage in cells engaged in beta-amyloidosis is related to apoE genotype.
Neuroreport - 25 Mar 2002
Mazur-Kolecka Bozena, Frackowiak Janusz, Kowal Dagmar, Krzeslowska Jolanta, Dickson Dennis
Abstract excerpt
The epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. The reduced antioxidant defense in epsilon4 carriers is suggested to contribute to beta-amyloidosis. We found that oxidative stress induced by treatment with Fe2+ ions raised more protein carbonyls in vascular smooth muscle cells isolated from human brains with apoE genotype epsilon4/epsilon4 than with 3epsilon/epsilon3 and...
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