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'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 …

ApoE4 markedly exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy

Y Shi, K Yamada, SA Liddelow, ST Smith, L Zhao… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease. ApoE4 increases
brain amyloid-β pathology relative to other ApoE isoforms. However, whether APOE …

Interplay between innate immunity and Alzheimer disease: APOE and TREM2 in the spotlight

Y Shi, DM Holtzman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease is more than a pure proteopathy. Chronic neuroinflammation stands out
during the pathogenesis of the disease and in turn modulates disease progression. The …

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 …

Cell type-specific roles of APOE4 in Alzheimer disease

J Blumenfeld, O Yip, MJ Kim, Y Huang - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The ɛ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), which translates to the APOE4 isoform,
is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). Within the CNS …

Apolipoprotein E: from cardiovascular disease to neurodegenerative disorders

RW Mahley - Journal of molecular medicine, 2016 - Springer
Apolipoprotein (apo) E was initially described as a lipid transport protein and major ligand
for low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors with a role in cholesterol metabolism and …

Apolipoprotein E: structure and function in lipid metabolism, neurobiology, and Alzheimer's diseases

Y Huang, RW Mahley - Neurobiology of disease, 2014 - Elsevier
Apolipoprotein (apo) E is a multifunctional protein with central roles in lipid metabolism,
neurobiology, and neurodegenerative diseases. It has three major isoforms (apoE2, apoE3 …

Central nervous system lipoproteins: ApoE and regulation of cholesterol metabolism

RW Mahley - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
ApoE on high-density lipoproteins is primarily responsible for lipid transport and cholesterol
homeostasis in the central nervous system (CNS). Normally produced mostly by astrocytes …

PICALM and Alzheimer's disease: an update and perspectives

K Ando, S Nagaraj, F Küçükali, MA De Fisenne… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified the PICALM (Phosphatidylinositol
binding clathrin-assembly protein) gene as the most significant genetic susceptibility locus …