ArticleMolecular biology reports2011
Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele and outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injury in a Chinese Han population.
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- Association of apoE gene expression and its gene polymorphism with nephrotic syndrome susceptibility: a meta-analysis of experimental and human studies.Molecular biology reports · 2012Pooled it
- Axon Regeneration and Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury is Enhanced by Allele-Specific ApoE Neuronal Action through LRP8.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Cognitive and physical impairment in spinal cord injury: A scoping review and call for new understanding.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- APOE4, Age, and Sex Regulate Respiratory Plasticity Elicited by Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic-Hypoxia.Function (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Characterizing Natural Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2021Review
- The Human ApoE4 Variant Reduces Functional Recovery and Neuronal Sprouting After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Male Mice.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
- Apolipoprotein E ε4 modulates functional brain connectome in Alzheimer's disease.Human brain mapping · 2015Article
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Abstract
The association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 (ε4) allele and outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is still controversial and ambiguous. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that APOE polymorphisms are associated with outcomes after SCI in Chinese Han patients. APOE polymorphisms were determined in 100 patients with cervical SCI (C3-C8). The genotype frequency of this polymorphism was determined by using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay. Patients with an APOE ε4 allele had significantly less motor recovery during rehabilitation than did patients without an APOE ε4 allele (mean 3.7 vs. 6.1; P = 0.04) and a longer rehabilitation length of stay (LOS) (mean 117.4 vs. 94.5; P = 0.02), but better sensory-pinprick recovery (mean 6.1 vs. 4.0; P = 0.03). There were no significant differences by APOE ε4 allele status in sensory-light touch recovery or acute LOS. This study suggests that the APOE ε4 allele is associated with outcomes after SCI and longer rehabilitation LOS in Chinese Han patients.
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