Risk factor for Alzheimer's disease breaks the blood-brain barrier.
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Abstract
People who carry the gene variant APOE4 are at higher-than-average risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. It emerges that this variant is linked to defects in the blood—brain barrier and subsequent cognitive decline.