The association of APOE, DRB1, D6589 and TNFa alleles with risk of CHD suggest that these are candidate genes or linked to genes for CHD in this cohort of AAW.
Birthplace-bound risk of CHD was age-dependently modified by APOE ϵ4 allele, suggesting genetic differences in CHD susceptibility between early and late settlement regions in Finland and providing one explanation for the eastern high mortality.
The allele e4 (apo e4) of apolipoprotein E (apo E) has been associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in cross-sectional studies in middle-aged subjects.
The goal of the present study was to assess whether the effect of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism on postprandial lipemia explained part of the risk attributable to familial history of coronary heart disease.
Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele has been associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, and is also a major genetic susceptibility locus for Alzheimer's disease.
To quantify the extent of heterogeneity and assess the consistency of apoE-CHD associations, stratified analyses were conducted using the classic random-effects model.
In this study, the AT04A anti-PCSK9 vaccine was evaluated for its therapeutic potential in ameliorating or even preventing coronary heart disease in the atherogenic APOE*3Leiden.CETP mouse model.
Polymorphisms of the gene encoding apolipoprotein E have been implicated in the pathogenesis of peripheral and coronary artery disease and neurodegenerative disorders such as sporadic and late-onset familial forms of Alzheimer's disease.
Few studies have investigated the interaction of the APOE epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon4 polymorphism and lipid-lowering therapy in relation to the course of coronary heart disease; the results are contradictory and so far inconclusive.
To determine whether the APOE association may be a risk factor for coronary disease as well, we examined two APOB gene restriction sites that have previously been found to be associated with coronary artery disease, especially myocardial infarctions.
These findings suggest those apoE genotypes that do not include the e3 allele, the same genotypes that are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, may influence development of colon cancer among those who are older at diagnosis.
It has been suggested that people with the epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism and the deletion (D) allele of the insertion (I/D) polymorphism of angiotensin-converting enzymes, are at a greater risk for coronary artery disease.