APOE, apolipoprotein E, 348

N. diseases: 1049; N. variants: 62
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Metabolism of apolipoprotein B in members of a family with accelerated atherosclerosis: influence of apolipoprotein E-3/E-2 pattern. 1542261 1992
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Thus, the genetic polymorphism of apolipoprotein E may contribute to the individual risk of accelerated atherosclerosis in patients under maintenance hemodialysis. 1733833 1992
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and atherosclerosis. 3277611 1988
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In addition to the three major isoforms of apolipoprotein E (apo E-4, E-3, and E-2) and the new one (apo E-5) which was recently found in this laboratory, we have discovered an additional series of components, which showed themselves as at least three bands on an isoelectric focusing gel in the region of E-VII through E-V, in four patients with hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. 6480826 1984
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The data illustrate the complex relationship between apo E genes, lipid levels, and risk for atherosclerosis. 6698548 1984
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A new isoform of apolipoprotein E--apo E-5--associated with hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. 6712769 1984
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Patients affected by mixed hyperlipidemia should be investigated for their apolipoprotein E polymorphism because of the possible linkage of apolipoprotein E2/2 homozygosity, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis. 6713624 1984
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE On the other hand, apolipoprotein E3/2 heterozygosity may have a protective effect on the development of early atherosclerosis. 6882285 1983
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Macrophage-specific expression of human apolipoprotein E reduces atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E-null mice. 7593602 1995
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis in Alaska Natives. 7605388 1995
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Thus, apoE expression for 4 wk was sufficient to markedly reduce atherosclerosis, demonstrating the feasibility of gene therapy for correction of genetic hyperlipidemias resulting in atherosclerosis. 7657831 1995
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Relationship of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism with carotid artery atherosclerosis. 7762561 1995
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE At present, 14 apoE variants have been found to be associated with familial dysbetalipoproteinemia, a genetic lipid disorder characterized by elevated plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels and an increased risk for atherosclerosis. 7833947 1994
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Human apolipoprotein E is a plasma lipoprotein that appears to play an important protective role in the development of atherosclerosis. 8617716 1996
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Transgenic mice overexpressing human APOE*3Leiden are highly susceptible to diet-induced hyperlipoproteinemia and atherosclerosis due to a defect in hepatic uptake of remnant lipoproteins. 8696956 1996
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We investigated the association of apoE with carotid artery wall thickening (an index of atherosclerosis) in individuals with and without coronary artery disease (CAD). 8841324 1996
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Apolipoprotein E (apo E) polymorphism has important clinical correlates, including disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis. 8867586 1996
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Clinical and autoptical studies have suggested a predisposing role of the allele E4 of apolipoprotein E (apoE) in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. 9012642 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We investigated the frequency of dementia and its subtypes in relation to atherosclerosis and apolipoprotein E. 9111537 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE However, unlike normal nontransgenic controls, in ApoE4 transgenic mice high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels remained high after high-fat feeding, which probably protected the animals from the development of atherosclerosis. 9131298 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Since mice with a targeted disruption of the apoE gene (apoE 0 mice) develop profound atherosclerosis, we examined the role of IFN-gamma in this process. 9169506 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Studies in mice with targeted gene inactivation of t-PA, u-PA, PAI-1, the urokinase receptor (u-PAR), and plasminogen (Plg) revealed (1) that deficiency of t-PA or u-PA increase the susceptibility to thrombosis associated with inflammation and that combined deficiency of t-PA:u-PA or deficiency of Plg induces severe spontaneous thrombosis; (2) that vascular injury-induced neointima formation is reduced in mice lacking u-PA-mediated plasmin proteolysis, unaltered in t-PA- or u-PAR-deficient mice and accelerated in PAI-1-deficient mice, but that it can be reverted by adenoviral PAI-1 gene transfer; and (3) that atherosclerosis in mice doubly deficient in apolipoprotein E (apoE) and PAI-1 is reduced after 10 weeks of cholesterol-rich diet. 9186598 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus the structural differences between human APOE3 and mouse ApoE proteins are sufficient to cause an increased susceptibility to dietary-induced hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in the 3/3 mice. 9218423 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In relatives of the proband, APOE R112; R251G was consistently found in subjects with both hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. 9360638 1997
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A small number of proteins have been shown in vitro to be upregulated by cellular cholesterol loading, including apolipoprotein E (apoE) and the recently cloned HDL-binding protein (HBP), but only apoE has been shown to be upregulated in cholesterol-loaded cells in atherosclerosis. 9409201 1997