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 …

[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 …

Neuronal APOE4 removal protects against tau-mediated gliosis, neurodegeneration and myelin deficits

N Koutsodendris, J Blumenfeld, A Agrawal, M Traglia… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is the strongest known genetic risk factor for late-onset
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Conditions of stress or injury induce APOE expression within …

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 …

Single‐cell transcriptomics reveals distinct inflammation‐induced microglia signatures

C Sousa, A Golebiewska, SK Poovathingal… - EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
Microglia are specialized parenchymal‐resident phagocytes of the central nervous system
(CNS) that actively support, defend and modulate the neural environment. Dysfunctional …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Huang, L Mucke - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
There are still no effective treatments to prevent, halt, or reverse Alzheimer's disease, but
research advances over the past three decades could change this gloomy picture. Genetic …

Genetics of Alzheimer disease

LM Bekris, CE Yu, TD Bird… - Journal of geriatric …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common causes of neurodegenerative disorder in the
elderly individuals. Clinically, patients initially present with short-term memory loss …

Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE-ε4 allele

N Filippini, BJ MacIntosh, MG Hough… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The APOE ε4 allele is a risk factor for late-life pathological changes that is also associated
with anatomical and functional brain changes in middle-aged and elderly healthy subjects …