Article
Apolipoprotein E in the brain and its role in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN - 1 Mar 1996
Poirier J
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence indicates that apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays a central role in the brain response to injury. The coordinated expression of apoE and its main receptor, the apoE/apoB (LDL) receptor, appears to regulate the transport of cholesterol and phospholipids during the different phases of the reinnervation process. The recent discovery that a peculiar form of apoE, the apoE4, is strongly linked to both...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
