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The role of APOE in cerebrovascular dysfunction.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 May 2016
Tai Leon M, Thomas Riya, Marottoli Felecia M, Koster Kevin P, Kanekiyo Takahisa, Morris Alan W J, Bu Guojun
Abstract excerpt
The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE4) is associated with cognitive decline during aging, is the greatest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and has links to other neurodegenerative conditions that affect cognition. Increasing evidence indicates that APOE genotypes differentially modulate the function of the cerebrovasculature (CV), with apoE and its receptors expressed by different cell...
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