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In situ detection of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 in archival human brain.
Neuroreport - 19 May 2004
Saito Yuko, Ruberu Nyoka N, Harada Mieko, Arai Tomio, Sawabe Motoji, Nukina Nobuyuki, Murayama Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
A monoclonal antibody specific to apolipoprotein E 4 (apoE4) was applied immunohistochemically to archival human brain tissue. The examined 30 cases comprised four epsilon/epsilon4, 10 epsilon3/epsilon4, one epsilon2/epsilon4, 10 epsilon3/epsilon3 and five epsilon2/epsilon3 genotypes. The anti apoE4 antibody visualized senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and reactive astrocytes, as well as serum in the blood...
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