@article{45253cd8a4ef4452bbb22feab6f63190,
title = "Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study",
abstract = "Each additional copy of the apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) allele is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia, while the APOE2 allele is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia, it is not yet known whether APOE2 homozygotes have a particularly low risk. We generated Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia odds ratios and other findings in more than 5,000 clinically characterized and neuropathologically characterized Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia cases and controls. APOE2/2 was associated with a low Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s dementia odds ratios compared to APOE2/3 and 3/3, and an exceptionally low odds ratio compared to APOE4/4, and the impact of APOE2 and APOE4 gene dose was significantly greater in the neuropathologically confirmed group than in more than 24,000 neuropathologically unconfirmed cases and controls. Finding and targeting the factors by which APOE and its variants influence Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease could have a major impact on the understanding, treatment and prevention of the disease.",
author = "{The Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s Disease Genetics Consortium} and Reiman, {Eric M.} and Arboleda-Velasquez, {Joseph F.} and Quiroz, {Yakeel T.} and Huentelman, {Matthew J.} and Beach, {Thomas G.} and Caselli, {Richard J.} and Yinghua Chen and Yi Su and Myers, {Amanda J.} and John Hardy and {Paul Vonsattel}, Jean and Younkin, {Steven G.} and Bennett, {David A.} and {De Jager}, {Philip L.} and Larson, {Eric B.} and Crane, {Paul K.} and Keene, {C. Dirk} and Kamboh, {M. Ilyas} and Kofler, {Julia K.} and Linda Duque and Gilbert, {John R.} and Gwirtsman, {Harry E.} and Buxbaum, {Joseph D.} and Dickson, {Dennis W.} and Frosch, {Matthew P.} and Ghetti, {Bernardino F.} and Lunetta, {Kathryn L.} and Wang, {Li San} and Hyman, {Bradley T.} and Kukull, {Walter A.} and Tatiana Foroud and Haines, {Jonathan L.} and Mayeux, {Richard P.} and Pericak-Vance, {Margaret A.} and Schneider, {Julie A.} and Trojanowski, {John Q.} and Farrer, {Lindsay A.} and Schellenberg, {Gerard D.} and Beecham, {Gary W.} and Montine, {Thomas J.} and Jun, {Gyungah R.} and Erin Abner and Adams, {Perrie M.} and Albert, {Marilyn S.} and Albin, {Roger L.} and Apostolova, {Liana G.} and Arnold, {Steven E.} and Sanjay Asthana and Goate, {Alison M.} and Mary Sano",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the NIA Grants RF1AG057519, P30AG10161, R01AG15819, R01AG17917, R01AG031581, and P30AG19610 for the Arizona Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s Disease Core Center; Arizona Department of Health Services contract 211002 for the Arizona Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s Research Center; Arizona Biomedical Research Commission contracts 4001 0011, 05-901, and 1001 to the Arizona Parkinson{\textquoteright}s Disease Consortium; and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson{\textquoteright}s Research. The Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s Disease Genetics Consortium supported the collection of samples used in this study through NIA U01AG032984 and RC2AG036528. Data for this study were prepared, archived, and distributed by the NIA Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) at the University of Pennsylvania and funded by NIA Grant U24AG041689. This work was also supported by NIA Grants R01AG048927, R01AG032990, RFAG051504, U01AG046139, AG030653, AG041718, AG005133, P50AG005136 (UW ADRC NP Core) and U01AG006781 (ACT), and the Nancy and Buster Alvord Endowment (CDK), as well as by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Grant R01NS080820 (to NET). The Brain and Body Donation Program at Sun Health Research Institute (Sun City, AZ, USA) is supported by NINDS Grant U24NS072026 for the National Brain and Tissue Resource for Parkinson{\textquoteright}s Disease and Related disorders. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-019-14279-8",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Nature Communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}