Could measuring proteins in the blood help pinpoint which genes underlie certain GWAS signals? By combining plasma proteomics data with genetic analyses, scientists led by Keenan Walker at the ...

Two new ApoE variants turned up in American populations. Protective variant W276C discourages ApoE from oligomerizing. Risk variant R189C promotes its lipidation. Lipidated ApoE4 disrupts microglial ...

As the outer surface of all animal cells, the plasma membrane is the foundation of cellular life. It also withstands a relentless onslaught of physical and chemical insults, which must be repaired on ...

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Proteomic panels come up short in the search for a plasma biomarker of Lewy bodies. AI may help.

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Billions of years have passed since mitochondria left their freewheeling proteobacterial days behind them, but the nucleic acids within these endosymbiotic organelles still retain features of their ...

How does APOE4 aggravate the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and how does APOE2 protect against it? Some scientists are turning to the plasma proteome for clues. In the May 15 Nature Aging, a group led ...

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What APOE isoform you carry may determine how fast your brain cells are aging. By analyzing more than 7,000 proteins in blood of 60,542 people, scientists led by Tony Wyss-Coray at Stanford University ...

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