Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study.
Eric M Reiman,
Joseph F Arboleda-Velasquez,
Yakeel T Quiroz,
Matthew J Huentelman,
Thomas G Beach,
Richard J Caselli,
Yinghua Chen,
Yi Su,
Amanda J Myers,
John Hardy,
Jean Paul Vonsattel,
Steven G Younkin,
David A Bennett,
Philip L De Jager,
Eric B Larson,
Paul K Crane,
C Dirk Keene,
M Ilyas Kamboh,
Julia K Kofler,
Linda Duque,
John R Gilbert,
Harry E Gwirtsman,
Joseph D Buxbaum,
Dennis W Dickson,
Matthew P Frosch,
Bernardino F Ghetti,
Kathryn L Lunetta,
Li-San Wang,
Bradley T Hyman,
Walter A Kukull,
Tatiana Foroud,
Jonathan L Haines,
Richard P Mayeux,
Margaret A Pericak-Vance,
Julie A Schneider,
John Q Trojanowski,
Lindsay A Farrer,
Gerard D Schellenberg,
Gary W Beecham,
Thomas J Montine,
Gyungah R Jun,
Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium
Feb 02, 2021
Each additional copy of the apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) allele is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's dementia, while the APOE2 allele is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia, it is not yet known whether...