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Longitudinal protein profiling of blood during childhood into early adulthood
KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Protein Science, Biomedical proteomics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2910-4754
Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4600-2883
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Protein Science, Systems Biology. KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2669-7796
Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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2026 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 17, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Proteomic research enhances our understanding of health- and disease-related biological processes. Protein profiling during healthy childhood provides important insights into normal physiological development. We longitudinally measured 5416 plasma proteins at four follow-ups during childhood (4-, 8-, 16 years) and early adulthood (24 years) in 100 randomly selected subjects participating in a population-based Swedish cohort, using Olink Explore HT. In total, 3509 proteins were included in the analysis. 54% of the proteins were found to be associated with age, and we observed several protein trajectories from childhood to adulthood based on clustering. In addition to proteins involved in bone, teeth and cartilage formation, we identified differences in proteins involved in neural function, drug metabolism, and hormonal control. There were pronounced sex-related differences in protein levels, particularly at follow-ups 16 and 24, characterized by, for example, growth, response to stimuli and regulation of catabolic processes. We demonstrate dynamic age- and sex-related changes in protein levels during the first two decades of life. Our study results may serve as an important resource in understanding human physiological development, disease etiology, and for future protein biomarker research.

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Springer Nature , 2026. Vol. 17, no 1
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-382219DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72095-3ISI: 001747059900006PubMedID: 42020385Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105036607854OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-382219DiVA, id: diva2:2062790
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