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ArticleNature aging2025

Plasma proteomic associations with Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes.

Shiva Afshar, Eric B Dammer, Shijia Bian, David A Bennett, Richard Mohs, Doug Beauregard, John Dwyer, Chadwick M Hales, Felicia C Goldstein, Monica W Parker and 9 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Blood-based proteomic signature of amyloidosis: identification of novel regulators of amyloid load.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  9. Plasma Proteomic Analysis ofmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Shiva Afshar *Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Eric B Dammer *Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-7606
Shijia BianDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
David A BennettRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Richard MohsGlobal Alzheimer's Platform Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-6287
Doug BeauregardGlobal Alzheimer's Platform Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
John DwyerGlobal Alzheimer's Platform Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
Chadwick M HalesGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Felicia C GoldsteinGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Monica W ParkerGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-9831
Antoine R TrammellGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Caroline M WatsonGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-0833
Todd E GoldeGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1867-7071
Nicholas T SeyfriedGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4507-624X
Blaine R RobertsGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-0053
Cecelia M ManzanaresGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
James J LahGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-620X
Allan I LeveyGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-502X
Erik C B JohnsonGoizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. erik.johnson@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-2944

Funding

SUPPLEMENT TO RUSH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE CENTER COREP30AG010161 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 1991 to 2020
$49.1M
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEURAL RESERVE AND NEUROBIOLOGY IN AGINGR01AG017917 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 2001 to 2023
$43.3M
The Emory Healthy Brain Study: Discovering Predictive Biomarkers for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG070937 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LAH, JAMES J · 2021 to 2025
$35.2M
The Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066511 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ALLAN I LEVEY · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
Discovery of Novel Proteomic Targets in Alzheimer's DiseaseU01AG046161 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN, GESCHWIND, DANIEL H · 2014 to 2018
$8.4M
A Proteomic Comparison of Sporadic Early-Onset, Late-Onset, and Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG089497 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, ERIK C.B. · 2024 to 2025
$5.8M
Brain Proteomic Network Analysis to Elucidate Mechanisms and Biomarkers for Alzheimer's DiseaseK08AG068604 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, ERIK C.B. · 2020 to 2024
$762k
NIA NIH HHS K08 AG068604NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010161NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066511NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017917NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070937NIA NIH HHS R01 AG089497NIA NIH HHS U01 AG046161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical Alzheimer's disease is currently characterized by cerebral β-amyloidosis associated with cognitive impairment. However, most cases of Alzheimer's disease are associated with multiple neuropathologies at autopsy. The peripheral protein changes associated with these disease endophenotypes are poorly understood. In this study, we analyzed the plasma proteomes of individuals from four cohorts (n = 2,139 participants) to identify proteins and pathways associated with cerebral β-amyloidosis and other neuropathologies, including tau, Lewy bodies, TDP43, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis and infarcts as well as cognitive function. Analyses in a cohort with paired brain data showed that known neuropathologies could account for only half of proteins associated with cognitive function and that many plasma proteins associated with these neuropathologies are not strongly correlated to levels in brain, suggesting a potential contribution of peripheral factors to the development of Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes. Targeting pathways represented by these peripheral proteins may modify Alzheimer's disease risk or disease progression.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBlood ProteinsEndophenotypesProteomeProteomicsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBrainCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkersBlood ProteinsProteome

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