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ArticleRespiratory research2024

Proteomic associations with forced expiratory volume: a Mendelian randomisation study.

Gisli Thor Axelsson, Thorarinn Jonmundsson, Youngjae Woo, Elisabet Alexandra Frick, Thor Aspelund, Joseph J Loureiro, Anthony P Orth, Lori L Jennings, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Valur Emilsson and 2 more

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Article in Respiratory research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Circulating proteomic landscape of lung function.The European respiratory journal · 2026
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  4. Long-term temporal stability of circulating proteins in older adults.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Gisli Thor AxelssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Thorarinn JonmundssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Youngjae WooNovartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Elisabet Alexandra FrickIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Thor AspelundIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Joseph J LoureiroNovartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Anthony P OrthNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
Lori L JenningsNovartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Gunnar GudmundssonFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, 101, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Valur EmilssonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Valborg GudmundsdottirIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland. valborgg@hi.is.
Vilmundur GudnasonIcelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari 1, 201, Kopavogur, Iceland. v.gudnason@hjarta.is.
University of Iceland · ISNovartis (United States) · USIcelandic Heart Association · ISGenomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation · USNational University Hospital of Iceland · ISReykjavík University · IS

Funding

AGES STUDY-THE REYKJAVIK STUDY OF HEALTHY AGING FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM-26012100N01AG012100 · NIA · ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION · 2002 to 2004
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NIA NIH HHS N01 AG012100NIA NIH HHS N01-AG-12100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA decline in forced expiratory volume (FEV1) is a hallmark of respiratory diseases that are an important cause of morbidity among the elderly. While some data exist on biomarkers that are related to FEV1, we sought to do a systematic analysis of causal relations of biomarkers with FEV1.

methodsData from the population-based AGES-Reykjavik study were used. Serum proteomic measurements were done using 4782 DNA aptamers (SOMAmers). Data from 1479 participants with spirometric data were used to assess the association of SOMAmer measurements with FEV1 using linear regression. Bi-directional two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses were done to assess causal relations of observationally associated SOMAmers with FEV1, using genotype and SOMAmer data from 5368 AGES-Reykjavik participants and genetic associations with FEV1 from a publicly available GWAS (n = 400,102).

resultsIn observational analyses, 530 SOMAmers were associated with FEV1 after multiple testing adjustment (FDR < 0.05). The most significant were Retinoic Acid Receptor Responder 2 (RARRES2), R-Spondin 4 (RSPO4) and Alkaline Phosphatase, Placental Like 2 (ALPPL2). Of the 257 SOMAmers with genetic instruments available, eight were associated with FEV1 in MR analyses. Three were directionally consistent with the observational estimate, Thrombospondin 2 (THBS2), Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductase 1 Beta (ERO1B) and Apolipoprotein M (APOM). THBS2 was further supported by a colocalization analysis. Analyses in the reverse direction, testing whether changes in SOMAmer levels were caused by changes in FEV1, were performed but no significant associations were found after multiple testing adjustments.

conclusionsIn summary, this large scale proteogenomic analyses of FEV1 reveals circulating protein markers of FEV1, as well as several proteins with potential causality to lung function.

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LungProteomicsAgedBiomarkersFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansPlacentaPregnancyBiomarkersForced expiratory volumeLung function testsMendelian randomisationProteomics

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PMID38238732
PMCPMC10797790
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