{"id":1618,"date":"2026-03-17T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/apoe4-gene-variant-linked-to-greater-nerve-damage-in-ms-study\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:45:59","slug":"apoe4-gene-variant-linked-to-greater-nerve-damage-in-ms-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/apoe4-gene-variant-linked-to-greater-nerve-damage-in-ms-study\/","title":{"rendered":"APOE4 gene variant linked to greater nerve damage in MS: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/17\/apoe4-gene-variant-linked-greater-nerve-damage-ms-study\/\" title=\"APOE4 gene variant linked to greater nerve damage in MS: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-2203696553-800x450.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"This image shows a strand of DNA.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"160162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A genetic variant strongly linked to Alzheimer\u2019s disease may also worsen neurological damage in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. Researchers found that MS patients carrying the APOE4 variant showed greater signs of neurodegeneration than those without it, including higher levels of nerve damage biomarkers, greater brain tissue damage, and slower [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/17\/apoe4-gene-variant-linked-greater-nerve-damage-ms-study\/\">APOE4 gene variant linked to greater nerve damage in MS: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/17\/apoe4-gene-variant-linked-greater-nerve-damage-ms-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A genetic variant strongly linked to Alzheimer\u2019s disease may also worsen neurological damage in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. Researchers found that MS patients carrying the APOE4 variant showed greater signs of neurodegeneration than those without it, including higher levels of nerve damage biomarkers, greater brain tissue damage, and slower&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}