Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

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,
  • Robert Esterberg,
  • Yiyun Zhang,
  • Sandra Jose,
  • Chia-Ling Huang,
  • Sha-Mei Liao,
  • Joseph Loureiro,
  • Qin Zhang,
  • Cynthia L. Grosskreutz,
  • Andrew A. Nguyen,
  • Qian Huang,
  • Barrett Leehy,
  • Rebecca Pitts,
  • Thor Aspelund,
  • John R. Lamb,
  • Fridbert Jonasson,
  • Lenore J. Launer,
  • Mary Frances Cotch,
  • Lori L. Jennings,
  • Vilmundur Gudnason,
  • Tony E. Walshe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31085-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Age related macular degeneration is a common cause of visual impairment in the elderly, but the etiology is not fully understood. Here, the authors use genetic data, serum proteomics, and AMD phenotypic data from a large Icelandic cohort to discover proteins altered in, causally related to AMD or signifying progression of advanced AMD.