APOE and Alzheimer disease: Since activated microglia engulf Aβ and Apoe strongly co-localizes with Aβ within microglia, our findings suggest that microglia may either phagocytose Aβ and Apoe that co-aggregate in the AD brain or that Apoe’s co-localization with Aβ indicates functional interaction between Aβ and Apoe during Aβ phagocytosis and clearance [48, 49].