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Myelination and APOE4 risk variant in Alzheimer’s

People who carry a particular variant of the APOE gene are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. It emerges that this might be due to decreased production of a fatty substance called myelin by oligodendrocyte cells.

Nature Volume 611 Issue 7937

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