Dyslipidemia and dementia: Current epidemiology, genetic evidence, and mechanisms behind the associations

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages

  Reitz, Christiane ^a,b  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; amyloid peptides; amyloid protein precursor; cholesterol; genetics; neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ABC TRANSPORTER A2; ABC TRANSPORTER G1; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN C1; APOLIPOPROTEIN C2; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA SECRETASE; CAVEOLIN 1; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; CLUSTERIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE (NADPH); HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE LIPID; SORTILIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TAU PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84863006444     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110599     Document Type: Review

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