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Apolipoprotein E: Structure, Function & Overview

Apolipoprotein E (Apo-E) is a protein involved in the transport of fats in the body of mammals. A subtype is implicated in Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular diseases. It is encoded in humans by the gene APOE.

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Apolipoprotein E topic overview

The analysis highlights Structure, Function and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Apolipoprotein E.

Related topics
85
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
90
Extracted relationships
224
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
90

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Structure · 28 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Function · 21 topics
Clinical significance · 8 topics
Evolution · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
APOE, AD2, APO-E, LDLCQ5, LPG, apolipoprotein E, ApoE4
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1B68, 1BZ4, 1EA8, 1GS9, 1H7I, 1LE2, 1LE4, 1LPE, 1NFN, 1NFO, 1OEF, 1OEG, 1OR2, 1OR3, 2KC3, 2KNY, 2L7B
Band
19q13.32 · 7 A3|7 9.94 cM
Bgee
right adrenal cortex · left adrenal gland · left adrenal cortex · right lobe of liver · nucleus accumbens
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 19 (human) · Chromosome 7 (mouse)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Evolution

Structure

Function

Clinical significance

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Apolipoprotein E connects Entity context

The extracted context around Apolipoprotein E shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Apolipoprotein E → AMPA glutamate receptor clustering, amyloid-beta binding, antioxidant activity, artery morphogenesis, blood microparticle, cellular calcium ion homeostasis, cellular oxidant detoxification, cGMP-mediated signaling, cholesterol binding, cholesterol catabolic process, cholesterol efflux, cholesterol homeostasis, cholesterol metabolic process, cholesterol transfer activity, chylomicron, chylomicron remnant clearance, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton organization, dendrite, early endosome Another extracted example is Apolipoprotein E → amygdala, C1 segment, CA3 field, caudate nucleus, choroid plexus of fourth ventricle, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, entorhinal cortex, gallbladder, hypothalamus, left adrenal cortex, left adrenal gland, left lobe of liver, nucleus accumbens, perirhinal cortex, putamen, right adrenal cortex, right lobe of liver, stroma of bone marrow, superior frontal gyrus, yolk sac. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Apolipoprotein E

Top relations

Gene ontology · 128
Apolipoprotein E → AMPA glutamate receptor clustering, amyloid-beta binding, antioxidant activity, artery morphogenesis, blood microparticle, cellular calcium ion homeostasis, cellular oxidant detoxification, cGMP-mediated signaling, cholesterol binding, cholesterol catabolic process, cholesterol efflux, cholesterol homeostasis, cholesterol metabolic process, cholesterol transfer activity, chylomicron, chylomicron remnant clearance, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton organization, dendrite, early endosome
Bgee · 20
Apolipoprotein E → amygdala, C1 segment, CA3 field, caudate nucleus, choroid plexus of fourth ventricle, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, entorhinal cortex, gallbladder, hypothalamus, left adrenal cortex, left adrenal gland, left lobe of liver, nucleus accumbens, perirhinal cortex, putamen, right adrenal cortex, right lobe of liver, stroma of bone marrow, superior frontal gyrus, yolk sac
RNA expression pattern · 20
Apolipoprotein E → amygdala, C1 segment, CA3 field, caudate nucleus, choroid plexus of fourth ventricle, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, entorhinal cortex, gallbladder, hypothalamus, left adrenal cortex, left adrenal gland, left lobe of liver, nucleus accumbens, perirhinal cortex, putamen, right adrenal cortex, right lobe of liver, stroma of bone marrow, superior frontal gyrus, yolk sac
related to Alzheimer's disease · 17
Apolipoprotein E → AD, Alzheimer's, APOE-ε4, APOE4, ApoER2, Apolipoprotein, As, Caucasian, E4, However, Japanese, Just, Nigerian, Science, The, There, This
related to External links · 13
Apolipoprotein E → APOE, Apolipoprotein, Apolipoproteins, Human APOE, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Overview, P02649, PDB, PDBe-KB, UCSC Genome Browser, UniProt
Band · 2
Apolipoprotein E → 19q13.32, 7 A3|7 9.94 cM
Chr. · 2
Apolipoprotein E → Chromosome 19 (human), Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End · 2
Apolipoprotein E → 19,433,113 bp, 44,909,393 bp
Aliases · 1
Apolipoprotein E → APOE, AD2, APO-E, LDLCQ5, LPG, apolipoprotein E, ApoE4
Available structures · 1
Apolipoprotein E → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1B68, 1BZ4, 1EA8, 1GS9, 1H7I, 1LE2, 1LE4, 1LPE, 1NFN, 1NFO, 1OEF, 1OEG, 1OR2, 1OR3, 2KC3, 2KNY, 2L7B

Important terminology

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Important terminology

apoe gene disease alzheimer's cholesterol apo-e allele ad apoe4 risk lipoprotein human alleles odds bp receptor protein transport liver apolipoprotein

Apolipoprotein E relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 224 structured relationships around Apolipoprotein E. Examples in this analysis include Apolipoprotein E → Aliases → APOE, AD2, APO-E, LDLCQ5, LPG, apolipoprotein E, ApoE4 and Apolipoprotein E → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1B68, 1BZ4, 1EA8, 1GS9, 1H7I, 1LE2, 1LE4, 1LPE, 1NFN, 1NFO, 1OEF, 1OEG, 1OR2, 1OR3, 2KC3, 2KNY, 2L7B. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Apolipoprotein EAliasesAPOE, AD2, APO-E, LDLCQ5, LPG, apolipoprotein E, ApoE41.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1B68, 1BZ4, 1EA8, 1GS9, 1H7I, 1LE2, 1LE4, 1LPE, 1NFN, 1NFO, 1OEF, 1OEG, 1OR2, 1OR3, 2KC3, 2KNY, 2L7B1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBand19q13.321.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBand7 A3|7 9.94 cM1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeright adrenal cortex1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeleft adrenal gland1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeleft adrenal cortex1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeright lobe of liver1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeenucleus accumbens1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeamygdala1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeehypothalamus1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeecaudate nucleus1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeC1 segment1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeputamen1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeentorhinal cortex1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeechoroid plexus of fourth ventricle1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeperirhinal cortex1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeCA3 field1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeleft lobe of liver1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeedentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeeyolk sac1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeegallbladder1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBgeesuperior frontal gyrus1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EChr.Chromosome 19 (human)1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EChr.Chromosome 7 (mouse)1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EEnd44,909,393 bp1.00infobox
Apolipoprotein EEnd19,433,113 bp1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Apolipoprotein E bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Chromosome, Protein and Alzheimer's. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • alzheimer's disease
    • Disease
    • Apoe4
    • Risk
    • Odds
    • Apolipoprotein
    • Ad
    • Apoe
    • E4
    • May
    • Times
    • Allele
    • Alleles
  • cholesterol
    • Liver
    • Transport
    • Receptor
    • Lipoprotein
    • Chylomicron
    • Receptors
    • Acid
    • May
    • Alleles
    • Odds
    • Risk
    • Apoe4
  • low density lipoprotein receptor gene family
    • Receptor
    • Location
    • Transport
    • Chromosome
    • Human
    • Receptors
    • Acid
    • Bp
    • Cholesterol
    • Chr
    • Band
    • Amino
  • fatty acid
    • Amino
    • Function
    • Liver
    • Years
    • Protein
    • Receptor
    • Gene
    • Human
    • Cholesterol
    • Band
    • Chylomicron
    • Location
  • gene
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Human
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Acid
    • Band
    • Amino
    • Function
    • Years
    • Protein
    • Receptor
  • apo-e receptors
    • Receptor
    • Cholesterol
    • Transport
    • Apolipoprotein
    • Protein
    • Lipoprotein
    • Liver
    • Gene
    • Apoe
    • Acid
    • E4
    • May
  • low-density lipoprotein receptor (ldlr)
    • Receptor
    • Transport
    • Receptors
    • Acid
    • Cholesterol
    • Gene
    • Band
    • Location
    • Vldl
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Chromosome
  • low density lipoprotein receptor
    • Receptor
    • Transport
    • Receptors
    • Acid
    • Cholesterol
    • Gene
    • Band
    • Location
    • Vldl
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Chromosome

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Apolipoprotein E, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Apolipoprotein E with Structure. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Apolipoprotein EStructure · splits 62 ⟂ 29
Apolipoprotein EOverview · splits 68 ⟂ 23
Apolipoprotein EFunction · splits 69 ⟂ 22
Apolipoprotein EClinical significance · splits 82 ⟂ 9
Apolipoprotein EEvolution · splits 84 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Apolipoprotein E

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples224
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Apolipoprotein E to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Structure, Function & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Apolipoprotein E · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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