Article
Apolipoprotein E4 allele as a predictor of cholinergic deficits and treatment outcome in Alzheimer disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Dec 1995
Poirier J, Delisle M C, Quirion R, Aubert I, Farlow M, Lahiri D, Hui S, Bertrand P, Nalbantoglu J, Gilfix B M, Gauthier S
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is critical in the modulation of cholesterol and phospholipid transport between cells of different types. Human apoE is a polymorphic protein with three common alleles, APO epsilon 2, APO epsilon 3, and APO epsilon 4. ApoE4 is associated with sporadic and late-onset famili...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors
- Demography
- Female
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Hippocampus
- Humans