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Apolipoprotein E: diversity of cellular origins, structural and biophysical properties, and effects in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2004
Huang Yadong, Weisgraber Karl H, Mucke Lennart, Mahley Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the association of the APOE epsilon4 allele with AD; however, the mechanisms underlying this association are largely unknown. Initially, apoE was thought to be synthesized primarily by astrocytes but not by neurons in the brain. However, subsequent studies have demonstrated that central...
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