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Increased vulnerability to focal ischemic brain injury in human apolipoprotein E4 knock-in mice.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Mar 2003
Mori Takashi, Kobayashi Mariko, Town Terrence, Fujita Shinobu C, Asano Takao
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence suggests that among the 3 human apolipoprotein E (apoE) isoforms encoded by the human APOE gene, the e4 allele may act to exacerbate brain damage in humans and animals. This study aimed to compare the isoform-specific vulnerability conferred by human apoE to ischemic brain damage, using mice expressing human apoE isoforms (apoE2, apoE3, or apoE4) in place of mouse apoE, produced by the...
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