Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease

WJ Strittmatter, AD Roses - Annual review of neuroscience, 1996 - annualreviews.org
The apolipoprotein E locus (APOE) is associated with variations in the age of onset and risk
of Alzheimer's disease. The APOE4 allele increases the probability of disease at an earlier …

Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease.

WJ Strittmatter, AD Roses - Proceedings of the National …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
Inheritance of specific apolipoprotein E (apoE) alleles determines, in large part, the risk and
mean age of onset of late-onset familial and sporadic Alzheimer disease. The mechanism by …

APOE distribution in world populations with new data from India and the UK

PP Singh, M Singh, SS Mastana - Annals of human biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The APOE gene and its protein product is associated with a number of plasma
proteins like very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) …

Role of apolipoprotein E in neurodegenerative diseases

VV Giau, E Bagyinszky, SSA An… - … disease and treatment, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a lipid-transport protein abundantly expressed in most neurons
in the central nervous system. APOE-dependent alterations of the endocytic pathway can …

Apolipoprotein E variation at the sequence haplotype level: implications for the origin and maintenance of a major human polymorphism

SM Fullerton, AG Clark, KM Weiss… - The American journal of …, 2000 - cell.com
Three common protein isoforms of apolipoprotein E (apoE), encoded by the η2, η3, and η4
alleles of the APOE gene, differ in their association with cardiovascular and Alzheimer's …

Genetic heterogeneity of apolipoprotein E and its influence on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels

P de Knijff, AMJM van den Maagdenberg… - Human …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is one of the major protein constituents of chylomicron and very‐low‐
density lipoprotein (VLDL) remnants and plays a central role as a ligand in the receptor …

Effect of apolipoprotein E and A-IV phenotypes on the low density lipoprotein response to HMG CoA reductase inhibitor therapy

JM Ordovas, J Lopez-Miranda, F Perez-Jimenez… - Atherosclerosis, 1995 - Elsevier
Our purpose was to assess the effect of apolipoprotein (apo) E and apo A-IV isoform
variation on low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering response to the HMG CoA …

Novel loci linked to serum lipid traits are identified in a genome-wide association study of a highly admixed Brazilian population-the 2015 ISA Nutrition

JMRS Leite, JL Pereira, C Alves de Souza… - Lipids in Health and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) comprise major causes of death
worldwide, leading to extensive burden on populations and societies. Alterations in normal …

Gene-diet interaction in determining plasma lipid response to dietary intervention

JM Ordovas, J Lopez-Miranda, P Mata… - Atherosclerosis, 1995 - Elsevier
It has long been known that there is an extremely high degree of variability in both human
and nonhuman primates in terms of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering in …

Genetic susceptibility to neurodegeneration in Amazon: apolipoprotein E genotyping in vulnerable populations exposed to mercury

GPF Arrifano, RCR Martín-Doimeadios… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Human exposure to mercury is a serious problem of public health in Amazon. As in other
vulnerable populations throughout the world, Amazonian riverine populations are …