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Newest in this topic

  1. ApoE4 and Psychosis in Neurodegenerative and Non-Neurodegenerative Disease: A Scoping Review 2026-10-27
  2. Multimodal mediators connecting APOE4 to dementia 2026-10-21
  3. Reproductive Aging, FSH, and Apolipoprotein Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease 2026-10-19

Studies

266 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1993 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neuron 11
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 9
  • International journal of molecular sciences 8
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 7
  • bioRxiv 6

168 journals in all.

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  1. Apolipoprotein e sets the stage: response to injury triggers neuropathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuron 2012-12-06 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (apo) E4 is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and is associated with poor clinical outcome following traumatic brain injury and other neuropathological disorders.

  2. Dysregulation of cholesterol balance in the brain: contribution to neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Disease models & mechanisms 2012-10-12 Drug development

    Dysregulation of cholesterol homeostasis in the brain is increasingly being linked to chronic neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease and Smith-Lemli Opitz syndrome (SLOS).

  3. Apolipoprotein E genotype and neurological disease onset in Niemann-Pick disease, type C1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2012-09-28 Genetics

    Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1) is a lipid storage disorder that results in progressive neurological impairment.

  4. Cerebrospinal fluid APOE levels: an endophenotype for genetic studies for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2012-07-20 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  5. ApoE-directed therapeutics rapidly clear β-amyloid and reverse deficits in AD mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2012-02-09 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with impaired clearance of β-amyloid (Aβ) from the brain, a process normally facilitated by apolipoprotein E (apoE).

  6. APOE genotype alters glial activation and loss of synaptic markers in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Glia 2012-01-06 Genetics

    The ε4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), and affects clinical outcomes of chronic and acute brain damages.

  7. Linking lipids to Alzheimer's disease: cholesterol and beyond

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2011-03-30 Drug development

    Lipid-mediated signalling regulates a plethora of physiological processes, including crucial aspects of brain function.

  8. Apolipoprotein E expression and purification

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2011 Genetics

    Since the discovery of the association of apolipoprotein E (apoE) 4 with Alzheimer's disease 17 years ago, numerous in vitro experiments with the apoE isoforms (apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4) have been performed to try to understand the basis for this association.

  9. APOE ε 4 allele and CSF APOE on cognition in HIV-infected subjects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 2010-12-24 Genetics

    The significance of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Apolipoprotein E (APOE) level and whether it might have differential effects on brain function due to the presence of APOE ε 4 allele(s) in HIV-infected patients are unknown.

  10. Does apolipoprotein E genotype modify the clinical expression of ALS?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. European journal of neurology 2010-09-28 Genetics

    The frequencies of individual ApoE genotypes did not differ between patients with ALS and ALS-free Caucasian populations.

  11. Mechanisms linking apolipoprotein E isoforms with cardiovascular and neurological diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Current opinion in lipidology 2010-08 Genetics

    The purpose of this review is to provide insights into recent advances in mechanisms linking apolipoprotein (apo) E isoforms to cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

  12. Apolipoprotein-E forms dimers in human frontal cortex and hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMC neuroscience 2010-02-20 Genetics

    In apoE3 homozygous samples, approximately 12% of apoE was present as a homodimer and approximately 2% was detected as a 43 kDa heterodimer.

  13. ApoE4 decreases spine density and dendritic complexity in cortical neurons in vivo

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-12-02 Genetics

    The three human alleles of apolipoprotein E (APOE) differentially influence outcome after CNS injury and affect one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  14. Cholesterol metabolism and transport in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2009-12-01 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting millions of people worldwide.

  15. Study of the ketogenic agent AC-1202 in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nutrition & metabolism 2009-08-10 Clinical trials

    AC-1202 was compared to Placebo in several population groups, including: intention-to-treat (ITT), per protocol, and dosage compliant groups.

  16. Disclosure of APOE genotype for risk of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2009-07-01 Clinical trials

    The disclosure of APOE genotyping results to adult children of patients with Alzheimer's disease did not result in significant short-term psychological risks.

  17. Apolipoprotein E: structure determines function, from atherosclerosis to Alzheimer's disease to AIDS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of lipid research 2008-12-22 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (apo) E has roles beyond lipoprotein metabolism.

  18. Thirty years of Alzheimer's disease genetics: the implications of systematic meta-analyses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2008-10-01 Genetics

    The genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain largely elusive despite early successes in identifying three genes that cause early-onset familial AD (those that encode amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the presenilins (PSEN1 and PSEN2)), and one genetic risk factor for late-onset AD (the gene that encodes apolipoprotein E (APOE)).

  19. ApoE promotes the proteolytic degradation of Abeta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2008-06-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E is associated with age-related risk for Alzheimer's disease and plays critical roles in Abeta homeostasis.

  20. Sex- and APOE isoform-dependent effects of radiation on cognitive function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Radiation research 2006-12 Genetics

    Clinical irradiation of the brain induces hippocampus-dependent cognitive impairments in some but not all individuals, suggesting the involvement of genetic risk factors.

  21. Apolipoprotein E structure: insights into function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in biochemical sciences 2006-07-03 Genetics

    Human apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a member of the family of soluble apolipoproteins.

  22. Apolipoprotein E4: a causative factor and therapeutic target in neuropathology, including Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006-03-27 Genetics

    The premise of this review is that apolipoprotein (apo) E4 is much more than a contributing factor to neurodegeneration.

  23. Structural and functional variations in human apolipoprotein E3 and E4

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2006-03-14 Genetics

    There are three major apolipoprotein E (apoE) isoforms.

  24. Apolipoprotein E allele-dependent pathogenesis: a model for age-related retinal degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005-08-03 Brain scans and imaging

    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a late-onset, multifactorial, neurodegenerative disease of the retina and the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly in the Western world.

  25. Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta peptide modulates apolipoprotein E isoform specific receptor binding

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2005-08 Genetics

    The major protein component of the extracellular deposits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a 4 kDa peptide termed amyloid-beta (Abeta).

  26. Apolipoprotein E as vascular risk factor in neurodegenerative dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. International journal of molecular medicine 2004-10 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is the major lipid-carrier protein in the brain, and several studies provided evidence that ApoE epsilon4 allele can be considered a genetic risk factor for vascular diseases.

  27. Apolipoprotein E and familial dysbetalipoproteinemia: clinical, biochemical, and genetic aspects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Seminars in vascular medicine 2004-08 Genetics

    In humans, apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a polymorphic protein of which three common isoforms can be distinguished, designated apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4.

  28. ABCA1 Is Required for Normal Central Nervous System ApoE Levels and for Lipidation of Astrocyte-secreted apoE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2004-07-21 Genetics

    ABCA1 is an ATP-binding cassette protein that transports cellular cholesterol and phospholipids onto high density lipoproteins (HDL) in plasma.

  29. Androgens, apoE, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Science of aging knowledge environment : SAGE KE 2004-03-17 Genetics

    Increasing evidence indicates that there are reductions in estrogen and androgen levels in aged men and women.

  30. Neuron-specific apolipoprotein e4 proteolysis is associated with increased tau phosphorylation in brains of transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2004-03-01 Biomarkers

    Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is found in amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains, but its role in their pathogenesis is unclear.

  31. Brain cholesterol: long secret life behind a barrier

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2004-02-05 Risk factors

    Although an immense knowledge has accumulated concerning regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in the body, this does not include the brain, where details are just emerging.

  32. A dual role for apolipoprotein e in neuroinflammation: anti- and pro-inflammatory activity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2004 Genetics

    Chronically activated glia associated with amyloid plaques might contribute to neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD) through generation of neuroinflammatory molecules.

  33. Genetics of early-onset Alzheimer dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. TheScientificWorldJournal 2003-06-16 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is the most common degenerative disorder of the central nervous system.

  34. Alzheimer's disease: the cholesterol connection

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2003-04-01 Genetics

    A hallmark of all forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an abnormal accumulation of the beta-amyloid protein (Abeta) in specific brain regions.

  35. Apolipoprotein E affects amyloid formation but not amyloid growth in vitro: mechanistic implications for apoE4 enhanced amyloid burden and risk for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis 2002-03 Genetics

    The transition from the partially folded soluble Abeta monomer to insoluble Abeta amyloidfibrils is seminal to the formation and growth of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  36. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and cardiovascular disease: a HuGE review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2002-03-01 Genetics

    This review examines the association between the apolipoprotein (apo) var epsilon gene polymorphism (or its protein product (apo E)), metabolic regulation of cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease.

  37. Local cellular sources of apolipoprotein E in the human retina and retinal pigmented epithelium: implications for the process of drusen formation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of ophthalmology 2001-06-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Apolipoprotein E protein is strategically located at the same anatomic locus where drusen are situated, and the retinal pigmented epithelium is the most likely local biosynthetic source of apolipoprotein E at that location.

  38. Cholesterol metabolism in the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current opinion in lipidology 2001-04-01 Genetics

    The central nervous system accounts for only 2% of the whole body mass but contains almost a quarter of the unesterified cholesterol present in the whole individual.

  39. Tacrine and rate of progression in Alzheimer's disease--relation to ApoE allele genotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2001 Genetics

    Today, cognitive impairment can be successfully treated with acetylcholine esterase inhibitors (AChE-I) in many, but not all, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  40. Neuronal apoptosis by apolipoprotein E4 through low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein and heterotrimeric GTPases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2000-11-01 Drug development

    The epsilon4 genotype of apolipoprotein E (apoE4) is the most established predisposing factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, it remains unclear how apoE4 contributes to the pathophysiology.

  41. Apolipoprotein E variation at the sequence haplotype level: implications for the origin and maintenance of a major human polymorphism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American journal of human genetics 2000-09-13 Disparities

    Three common protein isoforms of apolipoprotein E (apoE), encoded by the epsilon2, epsilon3, and epsilon4 alleles of the APOE gene, differ in their association with cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease risk.

  42. Apolipoprotein E isoforms in Alzheimer's disease pathology and etiology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Microscopy research and technique 2000-08-15 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E (apoE) epsilon4 allele increases risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), perhaps by accelerating plaque formation, or by impairing neuron repair.

  43. Cerebral metabolic and cognitive decline in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2000-05-01 Genetics

    The major known genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), apolipoprotein E-4 (APOE-4), is associated with lowered parietal, temporal, and posterior cingulate cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with a clinical diagnosis of AD.

  44. Apolipoprotein E: far more than a lipid transport protein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annual review of genomics and human genetics 2000-01-01 Genetics

    First recognized as a major determinant in lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease, apolipoprotein (apo) E has emerged as an important molecule in several biological processes not directly related to its lipid transport function, including Alzheimer's disease and cognitive function, immunoregulation, and possibly even infectious diseases.

  45. Apolipoprotein E genetic polymorphism, serum lipoproteins, and breast cancer risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Molecular carcinogenesis 2000-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a polymorphic gene involved in lipid metabolism with three common variant alleles (epsilon2, epsilon3, and epsilon4).

  46. Human apolipoprotein E isoform-specific differences in neuronal sprouting in organotypic hippocampal culture

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 1999-12 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4 allele is a major risk factor for neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease.

  47. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related hemorrhage. Interaction of APOE epsilon2 with putative clinical risk factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Stroke 1999-08-01 Digital health tools

    Our findings suggest that antiplatelet or anticoagulant medication, hypertension, or minor head trauma are most likely to precipitate cerebral hemorrhage in patients with CAA who are also epsilon2 carriers.

  48. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele distribution in the world. Is APOE*4 a ‘thrifty’ allele?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annals of Human Genetics 1999-07-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE = gene, apoE = protein) plays a central role in plasma lipoprotein metabolism and in lipid transport within tissues.

  49. Functional characterization of apolipoprotein E isoforms overexpressed in Escherichia coli

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Protein expression and purification 1999-07 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (apo) E plays an important role in lipid metabolism, and the major isoforms of apoE (apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4) have significantly different metabolic effects.

  50. Glial fibrillary acidic protein-apolipoprotein E (apoE) transgenic mice: astrocyte-specific expression and differing biological effects of astrocyte-secreted apoE3 and apoE4 lipoproteins

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 1998-05-01 Biomarkers

    The epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E (apoE) is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and poor outcome after brain injury.

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