Article
Apolipoprotein E allele epsilon 4 is linked to increased deposition of the amyloid beta-peptide (A-beta) in cases with or without Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 12 Sept 1994
Berr C, Hauw J J, Delaère P, Duyckaerts C, Amouyel P
Abstract excerpt
To assess the significance of the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 allele and amyloid beta-peptide (A-beta) deposits in the brain, we performed APOE-genotyping and measured the density of A-beta deposits, neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in 27 cases from the Charles Foix clinico-pathological prospective study. We found an increased density of A-beta deposits in the three cases...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain
- Female
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
