Specifically, the researchers looked at mutations
in the apolipoprotein A5 gene, a known determinant of triglyceride concentrations.
In 60 801 patients with coronary heart disease and 123 504 controls, OR for myocardial infarction was 0 · 96 (0 · 94 - 0 · 98; p < 0 · 0001) per 1 - SD increment
in apolipoprotein (a) protein isoform size in serum due to rs2457564, which was directionally concordant with the OR observed in PROMIS for a similar change.
Two renal - risk variants
in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1), termed G1 and G2, are present in a large percentage of African American organ donors and kidney transplant recipients.
Defective Lipid Delivery Modulates Glucose Tolerance and Metabolic Response to Diet
in Apolipoprotein E — Deficient Mice.
Defective lipid delivery modulates glucose tolerance and metabolic response to diet
in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
Not exact matches
Consumption of fructose and high fructose corn syrup increase postprandial triglycerides, LDL - cholesterol, and
apolipoprotein - B
in young men and women
After finishing the survey, participants
in the study can opt for an additional study and consider submitting DNA collected by a cheek swab to be tested for variants at the
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene.
Apolipoprotein E is a protein that is important
in the repair and recovery of brain cells that have been damaged due to concussion.
HDL with a small proinflammatory protein called
apolipoprotein C - III (apoC - III) on its surface may nearly double the risk of heart disease
in healthy men and women, according to Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author on a paper
in the April Journal of the American Heart Association.
We conclude that
apolipoprotein E does not function to remove cholesterol from macrophages but rather to participate
in «reverse cholesterol transport.»
In the presence of monensin (an inhibitor of protein secretion), the cells secrete cholesterol, but little
apolipoprotein E.
A large - scale genetic analysis
in PSP patients, however, identified a common tau sequence that increases by 5.5 times a person's chances of developing the disease, making this variant a stronger risk factor for PSP than one copy of the
apolipoprotein E-ε4 variant is for Alzheimer's.
The gene
in question,
apolipoprotein E (apoE), codes for a protein
in the brain's astrocyte cells that seems to help spur nerve cell growth and clear up debris from neuronal injuries brought by head trauma, stroke, or cerebral hemorrhage.
In «Greater Cognitive Deficits with Sleep - Disordered Breathing among Individuals with Genetic Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis,» researchers report that study participants carrying the
apolipoprotein?
Apolipoprotein E comes
in three versions, or variants, called ApoE2, ApoE3 and ApoE4.
In 1993, Poirier and his Montreal - based team co-discovered an important genetic risk factor involved in the most common form of the disease: a defective gene, called Apolipoprotein E type 4 (ApoE4), that prevents the normal transport of cholesterol and phospholipids to the brai
In 1993, Poirier and his Montreal - based team co-discovered an important genetic risk factor involved
in the most common form of the disease: a defective gene, called Apolipoprotein E type 4 (ApoE4), that prevents the normal transport of cholesterol and phospholipids to the brai
in the most common form of the disease: a defective gene, called
Apolipoprotein E type 4 (ApoE4), that prevents the normal transport of cholesterol and phospholipids to the brain.
Together, they looked at two well - known genetic risk factors for CKD
in black people, the mutated G1 or G2 variations
in the gene known as
apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1).
Two studies published
in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease indicate that some of the pathologic changes associated with Alzheimer's disease
in older individuals are not apparent
in young people who carry the
apolipoprotein (APOE) genetic risk factor for developing the disease.
Humans carry a gene for a protein
in cells called
apolipoprotein E, which helps clear amyloid - beta from the brain by binding to it and breaking it down.
Transplanted hearts lasted
in four groups of mice as follows: • 21 days: mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of
apolipoprotein E (ApoE) placed on a high - fat diet • 51 days: healthy mice placed on a high - fat diet leading to hyperlipidemia • 61 days: mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of ApoE on a lower - fat diet • More than 100 days: healthy mice placed on a lower - fat diet
With the same diet pattern, levels of LDL cholesterol and
apolipoprotein B (a secondary end point) increased, with no changes
in HDL cholesterol or triglyceride level or blood pressure.»
Walker said that the effect of one standard deviation increase
in the overall inflammation score
in mid-life on brain volume decades later was similar to the effect associated with having one copy of the
apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Expression of
apolipoprotein E mRNA
in the epithelium and interstitium of the testis and the epididymis.
Cognitive Deficits and Disruption of Neurogenesis
in a Mouse Model of
Apolipoprotein E4 Domain Interaction.
The goal of this project is to elucidate the functional role of
apolipoprotein E (APOE)
in microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain.
Other genes relevant for regulating blood cholesterol levels are well - expressed
in enhanced hiPS - HEP cells, e.g.,
apolipoprotein B (a VLDL),
apolipoprotein A1 (an HDL), PCSK9, sterol regulatory element - binding proteins 1 and 2 (SREBP - 1 and -2), and lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which hydrolyzes triglycerides
in lipoproteins into free fatty acids and glycerol.
Apolipoprotein (a), through Its Strong Lysine - binding Site
in KIV10, Mediates Increased Endothelial Cell Contraction and Permeability via a Rho / Rho Kinase / MYPT1 - dependent Pathway.
Using a small fragment of
apolipoprotein B as a guide, Brian Spencer, a postdoctoral fellow
in the Verma lab and the study's lead author, successfully shepherded the enzyme glucocerebrosidase into the brains of adult mice.
Depressed neurofilament expression associates with
apolipoprotein E3 / E4 genotype
in maturing human fetal neurons exposed to HIV - 1.
Human genetic studies strongly point to
apolipoprotein E (APOE) and microglia (the immune cells of the brain) as, respectively, the most important gene and cell type
in the chain of events leading to Alzheimer's disease (AD), a common disorder
in the elderly
in which the brain is damaged and memories falter.
DONG ET AL.The allele
apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE ε4) is the greatest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the role of the ApoE4 protein
in AD has long been elusive.
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have discovered that two main causes of AD amyloid - beta (Aβ) peptides and
apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) impair the growth of new neurons born
in adult brains.
Understanding the Role of
Apolipoprotein E
in Microglia Edoardo Marcora, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY)
Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants associate with prevalent kidney but not prevalent cardiovascular disease
in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.
A specific type of brain activity important for memory replay is disrupted
in mice with the E4 version of the
apolipoprotein E (apoE4) gene, which may interfere with memory formation.
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of serotonin
in depression, searching for association of two serotoninergic polymorphisms (T102C of serotonin receptor 5 - HT2A and serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region -5-HTTLPR - of SLC6A4 gene) with depressive symptoms and considering their possible interactions with
Apolipoprotein E... (ApoE) and between themselves,
in a sample of 208 sporadic AD patients and 116 normal controls from Italy.
CLU is a confirmed AD gene from genome - wide association study, and encodes
apolipoprotein J, which has been shown to chaperone re-entry of Aβ into the brain following export of the peptide from the brain into the blood.49 Interestingly, genes encoding two peptidases known to degrade Aβ were also decreased
in expression
in blood pre — post intervention as part of the vacation effect: MME (P = 0.00019) and ECE1 (P = 0.0037).
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of serotonin
in depression, searching for association of two serotoninergic polymorphisms (T102C of serotonin receptor 5 - HT2A and serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region -5-HTTLPR - of SLC6A4 gene) with depressive symptoms and considering their possible interactions with
Apolipoprotein E
These NIH - funded studies investigate the role of
Apolipoprotein F (ApoF)
in regulating cholesterol transport.
Freedman, B. I., et al. «
Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants
in deceased organ donors are associated with renal allograft failure.»
were used to examine the potential association between VRF scores and the change
in MMSE and CDR - SB scores, adjusting for age, sex, and the
apolipoprotein ɛ 4 allele (APOE4).
In 1999, he was named an Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Fellow where he identified a novel apolipoprotein (ApoA5) involved in human and mouse triglyceride metabolis
In 1999, he was named an Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Fellow where he identified a novel
apolipoprotein (ApoA5) involved
in human and mouse triglyceride metabolis
in human and mouse triglyceride metabolism.
In a genome - wide analysis of up to 17 503 participants in PROMIS, we identified genetic variants associated with either apolipoprotein (a) isoform size or lipoprotein (a) concentratio
In a genome - wide analysis of up to 17 503 participants
in PROMIS, we identified genetic variants associated with either apolipoprotein (a) isoform size or lipoprotein (a) concentratio
in PROMIS, we identified genetic variants associated with either
apolipoprotein (a) isoform size or lipoprotein (a) concentration.
Involved
in the initial discovery of apoE as a major
apolipoprotein regulating lipoprotein metabolism, including that apoE is induced by fat / cholesterol feeding
in atherogenesis.
Transgenic overexpression of APOC3
in mice also led to hypertriglyceridemia that was likely due to defective lipolysis (20), but it should be noted that an excess of any
apolipoprotein has a similar effect (26 — 29), probably by shielding the core TG and preventing LPL access.
Methods:
In this mendelian randomisation study, we measured lipoprotein (a) concentration and determined apolipoprotein (a) isoform size with a genetic method (kringle IV type 2 [KIV2] repeats in the LPA gene) and a serum - based electrophoretic assay in patients and controls (frequency matched for age and sex) from the Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS
In this mendelian randomisation study, we measured lipoprotein (a) concentration and determined
apolipoprotein (a) isoform size with a genetic method (kringle IV type 2 [KIV2] repeats
in the LPA gene) and a serum - based electrophoretic assay in patients and controls (frequency matched for age and sex) from the Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS
in the LPA gene) and a serum - based electrophoretic assay
in patients and controls (frequency matched for age and sex) from the Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS
in patients and controls (frequency matched for age and sex) from the Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS).
These ratios of ApoC - III to ApoC - II exceed the normal physiological range of these
apolipoproteins present on human VLDL particles, even
in patients with hypertriglyceridemia (0.7 to 2)(30).
Lipoprotein (a)- lowering interventions could be preferentially effective
in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease
in individuals with smaller
apolipoprotein (a) isoforms.
Our laboratory focuses on the structure and function of
apolipoprotein (apo) E, including its critical role
in cholesterol homeostasis, atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury.
The abnormal composition of
apolipoproteins (apo)
in the lipoprotein fractions from the patient (P) is compared with the compositions of his mother (M) and a normolipidemic control participant (C).