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APOE and Alzheimer's Disease: From Lipid Transport to Physiopathology and Therapeutics.


ABSTRACT: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid ? (A?) and intraneuronal tau protein aggregations. One risk factor for developing AD is the APOE gene coding for the apolipoprotein E protein (apoE). Humans have three versions of APOE gene: ?2, ?3, and ?4 allele. Carrying the ?4 allele is an AD risk factor while carrying the ?2 allele is protective. ApoE is a component of lipoprotein particles in the plasma at the periphery, as well as in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in the interstitial fluid (ISF) of brain parenchyma in the central nervous system (CNS). ApoE is a major lipid transporter that plays a pivotal role in the development, maintenance, and repair of the CNS, and that regulates multiple important signaling pathways. This review will focus on the critical role of apoE in AD pathogenesis and some of the currently apoE-based therapeutics developed in the treatment of AD.

SUBMITTER: Husain MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925634 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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APOE and Alzheimer's Disease: From Lipid Transport to Physiopathology and Therapeutics.

Husain Mohammed Amir MA   Laurent Benoit B   Plourde Mélanie M  

Frontiers in neuroscience 20210217


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid β (Aβ) and intraneuronal tau protein aggregations. One risk factor for developing AD is the <i>APOE</i> gene coding for the apolipoprotein E protein (apoE). Humans have three versions of <i>APOE</i> gene: ε2, ε3, and ε4 allele. Carrying the ε4 allele is an AD risk factor while carrying the ε2 allele is protective. ApoE is a component of lipoprotein particles in the plasma at the periphery,  ...[more]

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