APOE, apolipoprotein E, 348

N. diseases: 1049; N. variants: 62
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs405509
rs405509
Entrez Id: 348
Gene Symbol: APOE
APOE
CUI: C0003850
Disease:
Arteriosclerosis
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE This association is biologically plausible as SNP rs405509 was shown to modify protein binding and transcriptional activity of the APOE protein in vitro and is in linkage disequilibrium with key known variants defining the e2, e3, and e4 alleles that modify risk of atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease risk, and progression to AIDS. 19808960 2009