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There is a genotype called ApoeE-e4/e4 which increases risk by 11x. https://snpedia.com/index.php/APOE https://snpedia.com/index.php/APOE Interestingly the onl
by alakin 9y ago
There is a genotype called ApoeE-e4/e4 which increases risk by 11x.
https://snpedia.com/index.php/APOE https://snpedia.com/index.php/APOE
Interestingly the only differences between Apoe4 and a neutral, very common variant called ApoE3 is one amino acid at position 112. The small variance appears to account for most of the negative effect of the ApoE4 genotype.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28533891 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28533891