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APOE Genotype and Alzheimer's Disease: The Influence of Lifestyle and Environmental Factors.
ACS chemical neuroscience - 4 Aug 2021
Angelopoulou Efthalia, Paudel Yam Nath, Papageorgiou Sokratis G, Piperi Christina
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder with obscure pathogenesis and no disease-modifying therapy to date. AD is multifactorial disease that develops from the complex interplay of genetic factors and environmental exposures. The E4 allele of the gene encoding apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the most common genetic risk factor for AD, whereas the E2 allele acts in a protective manner. A...
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