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COVID-19 enters the expanding network of apolipoprotein E4-related pathologies.
Redox biology - 1 May 2021
Gkouskou Kalliopi, Vasilogiannakopoulou Theodora, Andreakos Evangelos, Davanos Nikolaos, Gazouli Maria, Sanoudou Despina, Eliopoulos Aristides G
Abstract excerpt
COVID-19 incidence and case fatality rates (CFR) differ among ethnicities, stimulating efforts to pinpoint genetic factors that could explain these phenomena. In this regard, the multiallelic apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has recently been interrogated in the UK biobank cohort, demonstrating associations of the APOE ε4/ε4 genotype with COVID-19 severity and mortality. The frequency of the ε4 allele and thus the...
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