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[Multifunctional Roles of APOE in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis].
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo - 1 Jul 2016
Tokutake Takayoshi, Kasuga Kensaku, Hara Norikazu, Ikeuchi Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
Numerous epidemiological studies have shown that the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) is a strong genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among people from various ethnic backgrounds. ApoE occurs as three isoforms that differ at two amino acids residues (112 and 158): ApoE ε2, ε3, and ε4. The ε4 allele is responsible for a genetic predisposition to AD, increasing the risk of AD by approximately 4-fold...
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