title: The underlying molecular mechanism of apolipoprotein E polymorphism: relationships to lipid disorders, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Apolipoprotein E (apo E) polymorphism has important clinical correlates, including disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis. This article provides a detailed methodology for apo E genotyping and discusses the link between apo E genotype and type III hyperlipoproteinemia, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although apo E genotype appears to provide significant information concerning the genetic component of CHD and AD risk, more research is needed before genotyping can be recommended as a routine screening tool. The data so far, however, implicate apo E as a major component of the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease and AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Contois
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Anamani
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Tsongalis
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol