Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- APOE
- Associated Variants
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APOE MUTATION
APOE MUTATION - Associated Disease
- Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- APOE [Latin Small Letter Open E]4 is a major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects memory, thinking, behavior, and emotion as a result of the excessive buildup and decreased clearance of β-amyloid proteins resulting in the appearance of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
- Pubmed
- 23715207
- Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- ALL_TEXT_3/3
- Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- 3
- Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
- 3
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree,GAD,LHGDN
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.0448389046332223
Drugs