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Independent effects of APOE on cholesterol metabolism and brain Abeta levels in an Alzheimer disease mouse model.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Sept 2004
Mann Karen M, Thorngate Fayanne E, Katoh-Fukui Yuko, Hamanaka Hiroki, Williams David L, Fujita Shinobu, Lamb Bruce T
Abstract excerpt
The APOE epsilon4 allele is the most significant genetic risk factor associated with Alzheimer's disease to date. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that inheritance of one or more epsilon4 alleles affects both the age of onset and the severity of pathology development. Dosage of APOE epsilon2 and epsilon3 alleles, however, appear to be protective against the effects of epsilon4. Although much of the...
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