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Altered granulocyte count and erythrocyte measures in middle-aged, healthy carriers of APOE and PICALM risk genes for Alzheimer's disease.
Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 2023
Dzianok Patrycja, Kublik Ewa
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APOE‑ε4 genotype (apolipoprotein E, epsilon 4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite years of research, it is still not known how it contributes to dementia development. APOE has been implicated in many AD pathology mechanisms, like Aβ clearance, brain metabolism, changes within microglia and other glial functions and inflammatory processes. In fact, immunological/inflammatory...
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