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ArticleGeroScience2025

Alzheimer's Disease polygenic risk, the plasma proteome, and dementia incidence among UK older adults.

May A Beydoun, Hind A Beydoun, Zhiguang Li, Yi-Han Hu, Nicole Noren Hooten, Jun Ding, Sharmin Hossain, Christian A Maino Vieytes, Lenore J Launer, Michele K Evans and 1 more

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Article in GeroScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026
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  3. Plasma proteomics ofmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

May A Beydoun *Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA. baydounm@mail.nih.gov.
Hind A Beydoun *VA National Center On Homelessness Among Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, 20420, USA.
Zhiguang Li *Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Yi-Han HuLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Nicole Noren HootenLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Jun DingTranslational Gerontology Branch, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Sharmin HossainDepartment of Human Services (DHS), State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA.
Christian A Maino VieytesLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Lenore J LaunerLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Michele K EvansLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Alan B ZondermanLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute On Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute On Aging Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.

Funding

Healthy Aging Neighborhoods of Diversity Across LifespanZ01AG000513 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI EVANS, MICHELE K · 2001 to 2008
$6.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000513NIA NIH HHS AG000513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a complex polygenic neurodegenerative disorder. Its genetic risk's relationship with all-cause dementia may be influenced by the plasma proteome. Up to 40,139 UK Biobank participants aged ≥ 50y at baseline assessment (2006-2010) were followed-up for ≤ 15 y for dementia incidence. Plasma proteomics were performed on a sub-sample of UK Biobank participants (k = 1,463 plasma proteins). AD polygenic risk scores (PRS) were used as the primary exposure and Cox proportional hazards models were conducted to examine the AD PRS-dementia relationship. A four-way decomposition model then partitioned the total effect (TE) of AD PRS on dementia into an effect due to mediation only, an effect due to interaction only, neither or both. The study found that AD PRS tertiles significantly increased the risk for all-cause dementia, particularly among women. The study specifically found that AD PRS was associated with a 79% higher risk for all-cause dementia for each unit increase (HR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.70-1.87, P < 0.001). Eighty-six plasma proteins were significantly predicted by AD PRS, including a positive association with PLA2G7, BRK1, the glial acidic fibrillary protein (GFAP), neurofilament light chain (NfL), and negative with TREM2. Both GFAP and NfL significantly interacted synergistically with AD PRS to increase all-dementia risk (> 10% of TE is pure interaction), while GFAP was also an important consistent mediator in the AD PRS-dementia relationship. In summary, we detected significant interactions of NfL and GFAP with AD PRS, in relation to dementia incidence, suggesting potential for personalized dementia prevention and management.

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Alzheimer DiseaseDementiaProteomeAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMultifactorial InheritanceProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsUnited KingdomProteomeAgingAlzheimer’s Disease polygenic riskDementiaPlasma proteomic biomarkers

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PMCPMC11978584

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