Article
Human apolipoprotein E: the Alzheimer's disease connection.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Nov 1996
Weisgraber K H, Mahley R W
Abstract excerpt
Human apolipoprotein (apo) E, long known for its prominent role in cholesterol transport and plasma lipoprotein metabolism, has recently emerged as a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. In a variety of populations worldwide, one of the three common all...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cytoskeleton
- Genotype
- Heparin
- Humans
- Neurons
- Protein Conformation
- Proteoglycans
- Receptors, LDL
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- tau Proteins
