APOE-nerons

[Fc1345linville]

Subject: APOE-neurons
I am struggling to understand the message here, but perhaps others can make sense of it.
Fc

https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/high-level ... alzheimers

[TheresaB]

Subject: APOE-neurons
I am struggling to understand the message here, but perhaps others can make sense of it.
Fc

https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/high-level ... alzheimers

I'm guessing you're confused because you think they're referring to the gene. Remember, as explained in our wiki, that APOE is both a gene and a protein. The gene tells the body how to make the APOE protein. What this article is referring to is the amount of APOE protein in neurons.

[Fc1345linville]

Thanks, Theresa, good guess.

Fc