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Apolipoprotein E and lipid homeostasis in the etiology and treatment of sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Sept 2014
Poirier Judes, Miron Justin, Picard Cynthia, Gormley Patrick, Théroux Louise, Breitner John, Dea Doris
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The discovery that the apolipoprotein E (apoE) ε4 allele is genetically linked to both sporadic and familial late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) raises the possibility that a dysfunction of the lipid transport system could seriously affect lipid homeostasis in the brain of AD subjects. The presence of the ε4 allele has been associated with lower levels of apoE in both serum and brain tissues of normal and AD...
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