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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021

Identification of plasma proteins relating to brain neurodegeneration and vascular pathology in cognitively normal individuals.

Liu Shi, Colin R Buchanan, Simon R Cox, Robert F Hillary, Riccardo E Marioni, Archie Campbell, Caroline Hayward, Aleks Stolicyn, Heather C Whalley, Mathew A Harris and 9 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Plasma proteomics of cerebrovascular disease, cognitive decline, and clinical outcomes.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  7. Proteomic analyses reveal plasma EFEMP1 and CXCL12 as biomarkers and determinants of neurodegeneration.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Liu ShiDepartment of Psychiatry University of Oxford Oxford UK.
Colin R BuchananLothian Birth Cohorts Group The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Simon R CoxLothian Birth Cohorts Group The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Robert F HillaryCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Riccardo E MarioniCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Archie CampbellCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Caroline HaywardCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Aleks StolicynDivision of Psychiatry University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Heather C WhalleyDivision of Psychiatry University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Mathew A HarrisDivision of Psychiatry University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Jennifer WaymontAberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre Institute of Medical Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
Gordon WaiterAberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre Institute of Medical Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
Ellen BackhouseCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Joanna M WardlawCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Douglas SteeleDivision of Imaging Science and Technology Medical School University of Dundee Scotland UK.
Andrew McintoshCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Simon LovestoneDepartment of Psychiatry University of Oxford Oxford UK.
Noel J BuckleyDepartment of Psychiatry University of Oxford Oxford UK.
Alejo J Nevado-HolgadoDepartment of Psychiatry University of Oxford Oxford UK.
University of Edinburgh · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBEdinburgh Cancer Research · GBNHS Lothian · GBUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of Aberdeen · GBMedical Research Council · GBUniversity of Dundee · GB

Funding

Project 4 - Mechanistic studies on the role of the gut microbiome in models for Alzheimer's diseaseU19AG063744 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Rima F Kaddurah-Daouk · 2019 to 2026
$54.1M
Metabolic Network Analysis of Biochemical Trajectories in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG057452 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KADDURAH-DAOUK, RIMA F, KASTENMULLER, GABI · 2017 to 2017
$3.5M
Evaluating Longitudinal Changes in the Human Structural Connectome in Relation to Cognitive AgingR01AG054628 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI TUCKER-DROB, ELLIOT MAX · 2017 to 2021
$2.7M
Medical Research Council MC_PC_17209Medical Research Council MC_PC_17215Medical Research Council MC_UU_00007/10Medical Research Council MR/L023784/2Medical Research Council MR/R024065/1Medical Research Council MR/S010351/1Medical Research Council MR/W002388/1NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054628NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG057452NIA NIH HHS U19 AG063744Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study aims to first discover plasma proteomic biomarkers relating to neurodegeneration (N) and vascular (V) damage in cognitively normal individuals and second to discover proteins mediating sex-related difference in N and V pathology.

methodsFive thousand and thirty-two plasma proteins were measured in 1061 cognitively normal individuals (628 females and 433 males), nearly 90% of whom had magnetic resonance imaging measures of hippocampal volume (as N) and white matter hyperintensities (as V).

resultsDifferential protein expression analysis and co-expression network analysis revealed different proteins and modules associated with N and V, respectively. Furthermore, causal mediation analysis revealed four proteins mediated sex-related difference in N and one protein mediated such difference in V damage. DISCUSSION: Once validated, the identified proteins could help to select cognitively normal individuals with N and V pathology for Alzheimer's disease clinical trials and provide targets for further mechanistic studies on brain sex differences, leading to sex-specific therapeutic strategies.

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mediationneurodegenerationplasma proteomicssex‐related differencevascular damage

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PMID34604499
PMCPMC8474123
OpenAlexW3193463837

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