APOE ε2 is associated with milder clinical and pathological A lzheimer disease
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Objective: The Alzheimer disease (AD) APOE ε4 risk allele associates with an earlier age at onset and increased amyloid‐β deposition, whereas the protective APOE ε2 allele delays the onset and appears to prevent amyloid‐β deposition. Yet the clinical and pathological effects of APOE ε2 remain uncertain because of its relative rarity. We investigated the effects of APOE ε2 and ε4 alleles on AD pathology and cognition in a large US data set of well‐characterized AD patients. Methods: We studied individuals from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center autopsy cohort across the entire clinicopathological continuum of AD. Multivariate models were built to examine the associations between APOE alleles and AD neuropathological changes, using the APOE ε3/ε3 group as comparator. Mediation analysis was used to estimate the direct and indirect effects of APOE alleles on AD pathology and cognition (Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes and Mini‐Mental State Examination). Results: Compared to APOE ε3/ε3, APOE ε2 is independently associated with lower Braak neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) stages and possibly fewer neuritic plaques, but has no direct effect on cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) severity, whereas APOE ε4 is associated with more neuritic plaques and CAA, but has no independent effect on Braak NFT stage. Unadjusted analyses showed marked differences among APOE genotypes with respect to cognitive performance (ε2 > ε3 > ε4). Mediation analysis suggests that this is largely explained through effects on pathology. Interpretation: Even when adjusted for age at onset, symptom duration, and other demographic variables, APOE ε2 is associated with milder AD pathology and less severe antemortem cognitive impairment compared to APOE ε3 and ε4 alleles, suggesting a relative neuroprotective effect of APOE ε2 in AD. Ann Neurol 2015;77:917–929
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Relative to the APOEε3 homozygote reference group, carrying one or two APOEε4 alleles is independently associated with a higher Aβ plaque burden and more severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy, whereas APOEε2/ε2 and ε2/ε3 individuals have fewer Aβ plaques but are more likely to have cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
“Relative to the APOEε3 homozygote reference group, carrying one or two APOEε4 alleles is independently associated with a higher Aβ plaque burden and more severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), whereas APOEε2/ε2 and ε2/ε3 individuals have fewer Aβ plaques46–50 but are more likely to have CAA51.”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredHomozygous APOE4 individuals have a 6 to 18-fold increase in AD risk compared to APOE2/3 individuals.
“Homozygous APOE4 individuals have a 6 to 18-fold increase in AD risk compared to APOE2/3 individuals [9, 10].”
From APOE Christchurch enhances a disease-associated microglial response to plaque but suppresses response to tau pathology (2025) · cites this paper as [9]
The Introduction reports that carrying two APOE ε4 alleles increases lifetime AD risk 8–12 times compared with the ε3 allele. It does not give the claimed 6–18-fold range or use APOE ε2/ε3 individuals as the comparator; it separately says ε2 reduces risk relative to ε3. No page number is available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe study supports known effects of APOE genotypes on standard measures of neuritic Aβ plaque and tau tangle severity.
“The study supports known effects of APOE genotypes on standard measures of neuritic Aβ plaque and tau tangle severity13”
From Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer’s dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study (2020) · cites this paper as [13]
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
“Apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD).”
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Most studies agree that the APOEε4-linked effect on tau neurofibrillary tangles is primarily indirect, mediated through its increase of Aβ plaque burden.
“In contrast to Aβ pathology, the existence of a direct effect of APOE genotype on the severity of tau neurofibrillary tangle pathology remains controversial, with most studies agreeing that APOEε4-linked effect on tangles is primarily indirect, mediated through its increase of Aβ plaque burden46–48,53.”
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APOEε2 has been found to have both direct and indirect (through Aβ) protective effects against tangle pathology.
“By contrast, APOEε2 has been found to have both direct and indirect (through Aβ) protective effects against tangle pathology48,49.”
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- Authors
- Serrano‐Pozo, A., Qian, J., Monsell, S. E., Betensky, R. A., & Hyman, B. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hyman, Bradley T.
- Venue
- Annals of Neurology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-05-27
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 917-929
- ISSN
- 0364-5134 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-8249
- PMC
- PMC4447539
- OpenAlex
- W1958554455
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 10.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Annals of Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (P50 AG005134)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, APOE ε2, APOE ε4, APOE ε3, risk alleles, neurofibrillary tangles, neuritic plaques, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, amyloid-beta deposition, cognitive impairment, neuropathology, neuroprotection, age of onset
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alleles, Alzheimer Disease, Female, Humans, Male, Severity of Illness Index, Cohort Studies, Apolipoprotein E3, Apolipoprotein E4, Apolipoprotein E2
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