Apolipoprotein E and oxidative stress in brain with relevance to Alzheimer's disease

Inheritance of apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is a major risk factor for development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This lipoprotein, in contrast to apoE2, has arginine residues at positions 112 and 158 in place of cysteines in the latter isoform. In apoE3, the Cys at residue 158 is replaced by an arg...

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Main Authors: D. Allan Butterfield, Mark P. Mattson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999612030070X