Article
[Apolipoprotein E4 and late-onset Alzheimer's disease].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 1994
Tamaoka A
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E [APOE for protein; APOE for gene] is a 34 kDa plasma protein involved in cholesterol transport. In addition to hepatic cells, glial cells in the nervous system also produce APOE, which is postulated to be involved in the growth and repair of the nervous system during development...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurofibrillary Tangles