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The effect of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype on biomarkers of amyloidogenesis, tau pathology and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Mar 2011
Leoni Valerio
Abstract excerpt
The presence of the ɛ4 allele in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) represents the most important genetic risk factor for late onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), together with age and mid-life hypercholesterolemia. ApoE4 is the most important lipid transporter between cells in the CNS and it was found that ApoE4 is involved in Amyloid β (Aβ) formation, fibrilisation, accumulation, in the aggregation and...
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