Apolipoprotein E4
"Apolipoprotein E4" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major and the second most common isoform of apolipoprotein E. In humans, Apo E4 differs from APOLIPOPROTEIN E3 at only one residue 112 (cysteine is replaced by arginine), and exhibits a lower resistance to denaturation and greater propensity to form folded intermediates. Apo E4 is a risk factor for ALZHEIMER DISEASE and CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D053327
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.532.091.500.750 D12.776.070.400.500.750 D12.776.521.120.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Apolipoprotein E4- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoprotein E-4
- Apolipoprotein E 4
- Apo E4
- ApoE4
- Apo E epsilon 4
- Apo E-4
- Apo E 4
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Apolipoprotein E4" by people in Profiles.
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Alverson WA, Massman PJ, Doody RS. Prevalence and correlates of cognitive asymmetry in a large sample of Alzheimer's disease patients. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2016; 38(5):516-26.
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Delano-Wood L, Stricker NH, Sorg SF, Nation DA, Jak AJ, Woods SP, Libon DJ, Delis DC, Frank LR, Bondi MW. Posterior cingulum white matter disruption and its associations with verbal memory and stroke risk in mild cognitive impairment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2012; 29(3):589-603.
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Hoyt BD, Massman PJ, Schatschneider C, Cooke N, Doody RS. Individual growth curve analysis of APOE epsilon 4-associated cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2005 Mar; 62(3):454-9.