APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present and future of therapeutic strategies against amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

D Jeremic, L Jiménez-Díaz, JD Navarro-López - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in ageing,
affecting around 46 million people worldwide but few treatments are currently available. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol and matrisome pathways dysregulated in astrocytes and microglia

TCW Julia, L Qian, NH Pipalia, MJ Chao, SA Liang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The impact of apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4), the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease (AD), on human brain cellular function remains unclear. Here, we investigated the …

Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease: pathobiology and targeting strategies

Y Yamazaki, N Zhao, TR Caulfield, CC Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Polymorphism in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is a major genetic risk determinant of
late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD), with the APOE* ε 4 allele conferring an increased risk …

Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease: findings, hypotheses, and potential mechanisms

N Koutsodendris, MR Nelson, A Rao… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder that involves
dysregulation of many cellular and molecular processes. It is notoriously difficult to develop …

Microglia in the neuroinflammatory pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and related therapeutic targets

Y Cai, J Liu, B Wang, M Sun, H Yang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide,
characterized by progressive neuron degeneration or loss due to excessive accumulation of …

Selective removal of astrocytic APOE4 strongly protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration and decreases synaptic phagocytosis by microglia

C Wang, M Xiong, M Gratuze, X Bao, Y Shi, PS Andhey… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease and directly influences tauopathy and tau-mediated neurodegeneration. ApoE4 has …

APOE and Alzheimer's disease: from lipid transport to physiopathology and therapeutics

MA Husain, B Laurent, M Plourde - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
extracellular amyloid β (Aβ) and intraneuronal tau protein aggregations. One risk factor for …

APOE2: protective mechanism and therapeutic implications for Alzheimer's disease

Z Li, F Shue, N Zhao, M Shinohara, G Bu - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Investigations of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, the major genetic risk modifier for
Alzheimer's disease (AD), have yielded significant insights into the pathogenic mechanism …

ApoE4: an emerging therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

M Safieh, AD Korczyn, DM Michaelson - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background The growing body of evidence indicating the heterogeneity of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), coupled with disappointing clinical studies directed at a fit-for-all therapy …