Article
Sex differences in gene expression patterns associated with the APOE4 allele
2019-07-23
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> The APOE gene encodes apolipoprotein ε (ApoE), a protein that associates with lipids to form lipoproteins that package and traffic cholesterol and lipids through the bloodstream. There are at least three different alleles of the APOE gene: APOE2 , APOE3 , and APOE4 . The APOE4 allele increases an individual's risk for developing late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) in a dose-dependent mann...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4fe61e27-a21e-592c-9648-5c9a61321e36
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.18671.2
