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ArticleNature communications2022

A proteogenomic signature of age-related macular degeneration in blood.

Valur Emilsson, Elias F Gudmundsson, Thorarinn Jonmundsson, Brynjolfur G Jonsson, Michael Twarog, Valborg Gudmundsdottir, Zhiguang Li, Nancy Finkel, Stephen Poor, Xin Liu and 20 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Valur EmilssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland. valur@hjarta.is.ORCID 0000-0001-9982-0524
Elias F GudmundssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-7661-4872
Thorarinn JonmundssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-9158-0087
Brynjolfur G JonssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Michael TwarogNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Valborg GudmundsdottirIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Zhiguang LiLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Nancy FinkelNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Stephen PoorNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4374-1178
Xin LiuNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Robert EsterbergNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Yiyun ZhangNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Sandra JoseNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Chia-Ling HuangNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Sha-Mei LiaoNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Joseph LoureiroNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Qin ZhangNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Cynthia L GrosskreutzNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Andrew A NguyenNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Qian HuangNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Barrett LeehyNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Rebecca PittsNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4733-414X
Thor AspelundIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-7998-5433
John R LambNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
Fridbert JonassonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, 101, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Lenore J LaunerLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3238-7612
Mary Frances CotchDivision of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2046-4350
Lori L JenningsNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5130-8417
Vilmundur GudnasonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, IS-201, Kopavogur, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-5696-0084
Tony E WalsheNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 22 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. tony.walshe@agios.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7055-8251
Icelandic Heart Association · ISUniversity of Iceland · ISNational Institute on Aging · USGenomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation · USNational Institutes of Health · USNovartis (Switzerland) · CHReykjavík University · IS

Funding

CLINICAL PROJECT: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Study on the Multi-omics of Aging: A clinical epidemiologic prospective studyZIAAG007380 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI LAUNER, LENORE J · 2009 to 2025
$6.1M
Age, Gene/environment Susceptibility Study In Iceland - Ocular ComponentZIAEY000401 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI COTCH, MARY FRANCES · 2009 to 2020
$3.3M
Serum proteome analysis of Alzheimer´s disease in a population-based longitudinal cohort study - the AGES Reykjavik studyR01AG065596 · NIA · ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION · PI Valborg Gudmundsdottir · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
AGES STUDY-THE REYKJAVIK STUDY OF HEALTHY AGING FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM-26012100N01AG012100 · NIA · ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION · 2002 to 2004
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Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EY000401NIA NIH HHS N01 AG012100NIA NIH HHS R01 AG065596NIDA NIH HHS HHSN271201200022C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of visual impairment in the elderly, with a complex and still poorly understood etiology. Whole-genome association studies have discovered 34 genomic regions associated with AMD. However, the genes and cognate proteins that mediate the risk, are largely unknown. In the current study, we integrate levels of 4782 human serum proteins with all genetic risk loci for AMD in a large population-based study of the elderly, revealing many proteins and pathways linked to the disease. Serum proteins are also found to reflect AMD severity independent of genetics and predict progression from early to advanced AMD after five years in this population. A two-sample Mendelian randomization study identifies several proteins that are causally related to the disease and are directionally consistent with the observational estimates. In this work, we present a robust and unique framework for elucidating the pathobiology of AMD.

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Macular DegenerationProteogenomicsAgedGenetic LociGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisRisk Factors

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PMID35697682
PMCPMC9192739
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