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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Main Authors: Terry E. Goldberg, Edward D. Huey, D. P. Devanand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18198-x