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August 14, 2025

Blood plasma proteome-wide association study implicates new proteins in type 2 diabetes mellitus pathogenesis.

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YYYang YangJWJia-Hao WangHWHairong Wang

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Proteome-wide association study reveals nine causal proteins in type 2 diabetes, suggesting new therapeutic targets.

Key Points

  • Nine independent putatively causal proteins for type 2 diabetes were identified, highlighting potential new avenues for treatment.
  • Among these, three proteins had successful replication in other datasets, including two novel proteins not found in prior studies.
  • Observational analysis incorporated large GWAS and pQTL data, exploring links between protein levels and diabetes pathogenesis.
  • Findings support potential therapeutic applications, as 29 drugs targeting causal proteins were identified for future diabetes treatments.

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Yang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689fc962e46e096235ce1bd8https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaf462
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