APOE and Alzheimer disease: However, blood proteins, such as Aβ1-42 peptide in AD or cytokines for ALS or HD (Agrawal and Biswas, 2015), as well as genetics diagnostics markers such as ApoE isoforms in AD or α-synuclein or Parkin for PD, have also demonstrated potential clinical utility (Agrawal and Biswas, 2015).