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Cultures (microglia, astrocytes, or mixed cultures) and inflammatory response by genotype | |
Vitek et al. [31] | Microglia derived from ApoE4-TR mice demonstrate increased NO production, increased NOS2 mRNA levels, and greater TNFα, IL-6, IL12 levels compared to microglia from ApoE3-TR mice. |
Colton et al. [32] | Significantly more NO was produced in primary microglia and macrophages from ApoE4-TR mice compared to ApoE3-TR mice. |
Guo et al. [33] | The addition of exogenous ApoE4 induced greater IL1β than ApoE3 in rat mixed glial cells. |
Chen et al. [34] | ApoE4, but not ApoE3, stimulated secretion of PGE2 and IL-1β in rat primary microglia. |
Shi et al. [35] | Higher TNFα, IL1β, and IL1α levels were observed in primary microglia from ApoE4-TR mice stimulated with LPS than ApoE2 and ApoE3. |
Tai et al. [36] | Greater astrogliosis and microgliosis, higher levels of IL1β in E4FAD mice compared with E3FAD and E2FAD mice. |
Zhu et al. [37] | Higher levels of microglia/macrophage, astrocytes, and invading T-cells after LPS injection in ApoE4-TR mice than ApoE3-TR mice. ApoE4-TR mice also displayed greater and more prolonged increases of cytokines (IL1β, IL6, TNFα) than ApoE2 and ApoE3-TR mice. |
Ophir et al. [38] | The expression of inflammation-related genes (NF-κB response elements) following intracerebroventricular injection of LPS was significantly higher and more prolonged in ApoE4 than in ApoE3-TR mice. |
Both human and mouse models | |
Gale et al. [39] | ApoE4-TR mice displayed enhanced plasma cytokines after systemic LPS compared with ApoE3 counterparts. After intravenous LPS, APOE3/4 patients had higher plasma TNF-α levels than APOE3/3 patients. |
Human brain studies of inflammation and oxidative stress studies by APOE genotype | |
Montine at al [40] | Pyramidal neuron cytoplasm was immunoreactive for 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) in 4 of 4 APOE4 homozygotes, 2 of 3 APOE3/4 heterozygotes, and none of 3 APOE3 homozygotes |
Ramassamy et al. [20] | In hippocampal homogenates from AD brains, APOE4 carriers had greater levels of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), lower catalase activity, and glutathione peroxidase and glutathione than tissues from patients homozygous for the APOE3 allele (n = 10 per group). |
Egensperger et al. [41] | The number of activated microglia and the tissue area occupied by these cells increased significantly with the APOE4 gene dose (n = 20). |
Minett et al. [42] | APOE4 allele was significantly related to greater expression of CD68, HLA-DR, and CD64 in microglia (n = 299). |
Friedberg et al. [43] | Cellular density of microglial marker-Iba1 was positively associated with tau pathology in APOE4 carrier participants only (n = 154). |
Systemic inflammation and dementia risk by genotype | |
Tao et al. [19] | Participants with APOE4 and elevated plasma C reactive protein (CRP) levels had a shortened latency for the onset of AD (n = 2562). |