Apolipoprotein e and Alzheimer disease: Risk, mechanisms and therapy

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-118

  Liu, Chia Chan ^a   Kanekiyo, Takahisa ^b   Xu, Huaxi ^a   Bu, Guojun ^a,c  

^a Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources   (China)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 [3 [[2 CHLORO 3 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZYL](2 DIPHENYLETHYL)AMINO]PROPOXY]PHENYLACETIC ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BAPINEUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; LIVER X RECEPTOR; N (2,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHYL) N [4 (2,2,2 TRIFLUORO 1 HYDROXY 1 TRIFLUOROMETHYLETHYL)PHENYL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; PEPTIDOMIMETIC AGENT; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME 19; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIPID METABOLISM; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 40 HOMOLOGUE GENE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DEMENTIA; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK; TAU PROTEINS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84873722367     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.263     Document Type: Review

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