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Apolipoprotein C-I is an APOE genotype-dependent suppressor of glial activation.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 10 Aug 2012
Cudaback Eiron, Li Xianwu, Yang Yue, Yoo Thomas, Montine Kathleen S, Craft Suzanne, Montine Thomas J, Keene Christopher Dirk
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BACKGROUND: Inheritance of the human ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein (apo) E gene (APOE) significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), in addition to adversely influencing clinical outcomes of other neurologic diseases. While apoE isoforms differentially interact with amyloid β (Aβ), a pleiotropic neurotoxin key to AD etiology, more recent work has focused on immune regulation in AD...
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