APOE4 - The Alzheimer's Gene
Functional Medicine Bitesized
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Is There a Gene Encoding an Apolicro Protein?
Apo-e is a gene encoding an apolicro protein. It's responsible for shuttling different types of cholesterol around our bodies and delivering it, the cholesterol to where it needs to go. The thing is though, that how it's related to cardiovascular disease and then also Alzheimer's disease is because there's a genetic variant that can be found on this gene.
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