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SUBMITTER: Ma L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9496352 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Lu L Wang Hongshun H Yao Jun J Wei Qinjun Q Cao Xin X
Biomolecules 20220901 9
Lipid transporter protein apolipoprotein E (APOE) has contributed to functional studies of various organ functions. Animals with <i>ApoE</i> knockout (KO) have been used to study atherosclerosis and hyperlipidemia while an increasing number of researchers have recently focused on the association of <i>ApoE</i> with hearing loss. A study found that <i>ApoE</i> KO mice experience sensorineural hearing loss and hair cell loss, but the exact mechanism is unclear. To explore the potential relationshi ...[more]