Association of APOE e2 genotype with Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s neurodegenerative pathologies
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene contains both the major common risk variant associated with clinically diagnosed late onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), APOE e4, and a neuroprotective variant, APOE e2. Here the authors confirm that the e2 allele is protective against Alzheimer’s disease neuropathologi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18198-x |