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APOE2 mitigates disease-related phenotypes in an isogenic hiPSC-based model of Alzheimer's disease.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Oct 2021
Brookhouser Nicholas, Raman Sreedevi, Frisch Carlye, Srinivasan Gayathri, Brafman David A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified polymorphism in the Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) to be the most prominent risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Compared to individuals homozygous for the APOE3 variant, individuals with the APOE4 variant have a significantly elevated risk of AD. On the other hand, longitudinal studies have shown that the presence of the APOE2 variant reduces the lifetime...
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