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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction between Aβ and tau in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, W Wei, M Zhao, L Ma, X Jiang… - … journal of biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Extracellular neuritic plaques composed of amyloid‑β (Aβ) protein and intracellular
neurofibrillary tangles containing phosphorylated tau protein are the two hallmark proteins of …

Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

A Grubman, XY Choo, G Chew, JF Ouyang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The role of microglia cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is well recognized, however their
molecular and functional diversity remain unclear. Here, we isolated amyloid plaque …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer disease: an update on pathobiology and treatment strategies

JM Long, DM Holtzman - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a heterogeneous disease with a complex pathobiology. The
presence of extracellular β-amyloid deposition as neuritic plaques and intracellular …

Apolipoprotein E: structural insights and links to Alzheimer disease pathogenesis

Y Chen, MR Strickland, A Soranno, DM Holtzman - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is of great interest due to its role as a cholesterol/lipid transporter in
the central nervous system (CNS) and as the most influential genetic risk factor for Alzheimer …

TREM2 binds to apolipoproteins, including APOE and CLU/APOJ, and thereby facilitates uptake of amyloid-beta by microglia

FL Yeh, Y Wang, I Tom, LC Gonzalez, M Sheng - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Genetic variants of TREM2, a protein expressed selectively by microglia in the brain, are
associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Starting from an unbiased protein microarray …

Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

M Pekny, M Pekna, A Messing, C Steinhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a
primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases. As this concept is …

Formulation and delivery technologies for mRNA vaccines

C Zeng, C Zhang, PG Walker, Y Dong - mRNA Vaccines, 2020 - Springer
Abstract mRNA vaccines have become a versatile technology for the prevention of infectious
diseases and the treatment of cancers. In the vaccination process, mRNA formulation and …

The role of APOE4 in disrupting the homeostatic functions of astrocytes and microglia in aging and Alzheimer's disease

CG Fernandez, ME Hamby, ML McReynolds… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
APOE4 is the greatest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), increasing
the risk of developing the disease by 3-fold in the 14% of the population that are carriers …