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 …

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 …

Lipid metabolism and Alzheimer's disease: clinical evidence, mechanistic link and therapeutic promise

F Yin - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age‐associated neurodegenerative disorder with
multifactorial etiology, intersecting genetic and environmental risk factors, and a lack of …

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease; from risk genes to pathological effects

FM Feringa, R Van der Kant - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While the central nervous system compromises 2% of our body weight, it harbors up to 25%
of the body's cholesterol. Cholesterol levels in the brain are tightly regulated for …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Apolipoprotein E in lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disease

LG Yang, ZM March, RA Stephenson… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Dysregulation of lipid metabolism has emerged as a central component of many
neurodegenerative diseases. Variants of the lipid transport protein, apolipoprotein E …

Tau protein interaction partners and their roles in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

J Sinsky, K Pichlerova, J Hanes - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tau protein plays a critical role in the assembly, stabilization, and modulation of
microtubules, which are important for the normal function of neurons and the brain. In …

ApoE lipidation as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease

MF Lanfranco, CA Ng, GW Rebeck - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major cholesterol carrier in the brain, affecting various
normal cellular processes including neuronal growth, repair and remodeling of membranes …