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GDF15 and Related Biomarkers

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yue‐Ting Deng
Huashan Hospital
2
Yulan Ma
Wuhan University
3
Shuke Xiao
Stanford University
4
Alan Varghese
New York University
5
Ja Young Kim-Muller
Pfizer (United States)
6
Júlia Teixidor-Deulofeu
University of Gothenburg
7
Shuqin Du
Zhejiang University of Technology
8
Pingcui Xu
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
9
Qionghua Cui
Peking University
10
Javier Jurado-Aguilar
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

Papers

1
Atlas of the plasma proteome in health and disease in 53,026 adults
Cell|2024
239 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [85 citations, W4399323824]
Nature Communications|2024
85 cit.
3
Publication in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2024) [15 citations, W4394904071]
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy|2024
15 cit.
4
Publication in Cell Metabolism (2025) [14 citations, W4408022329]
Cell Metabolism|2025
14 cit.
5
Large-scale whole-exome sequencing of neuropsychiatric diseases and traits in 350,770 adults
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
5 cit.
6
Publication in Journal of Advanced Research (2025) [2 citations, W4414107036]
Journal of Advanced Research|2025
2 cit.
7
Publication in Phytomedicine (2025) [1 citation, W4416441707]
Phytomedicine|2025
1 cit.
8
Large‐scale whole exome analysis identifies genes for dementia and genetic correlation with neuropsychiatric traits
Alzheimer s & Dementia|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ik Dong Yoo
Soonchunhyang University
2
Andrew Wang
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
3
Hyon‐Seung Yi
Chungnam National University
4
Jianfeng Feng
Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology
5
Christoffer Clemmensen
University of Copenhagen
6
Jin‐Tai Yu
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
7
Kelvin Yen
University of Southern California
8
Jianping Wu
University of Alberta
9
Michelle R. Smith
Arkansas Department of Health
10
Meng Li
Guangzhou Medical University

Papers

1
Plasma proteomic profiles predict future dementia in healthy adults
Nature Aging|2024
259 cit.
2
The brain structure and genetic mechanisms underlying the nonlinear association between sleep duration, cognition and mental health
Nature Aging|2022
169 cit.
3
Plasma proteomic profiles predict individual future health risk
Nature Communications|2023
140 cit.
4
Identifying causal genes for depression via integration of the proteome and transcriptome from brain and blood
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
135 cit.
5
Sleep, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and risk of incident dementia: a prospective cohort study of 431,924 UK Biobank participants
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
111 cit.
6
Peripheral immunity is associated with the risk of incident dementia
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
110 cit.
7
Depression, Depression Treatments, and Risk of Incident Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study of 354,313 Participants
Biological Psychiatry|2022
106 cit.
8
Identifying modifiable factors and their joint effect on dementia risk in the UK Biobank
Nature Human Behaviour|2023
104 cit.
9
Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in the Alzheimer Disease Continuum: Relationship to Other Biomarkers, Differential Diagnosis, and Prediction of Clinical Progression
Clinical Chemistry|2023
97 cit.
10
Neuroimaging biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes with distinct trajectories in schizophrenia
Nature Mental Health|2023
94 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Se‐Jin Lee
University of Connecticut
2
Kai C. Wollert
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
3
Cynthia Kenyon
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
4
Thomas E. Eling
National Institutes of Health
5
Pinchas Cohen
University of Southern California
6
Lars Wallentin
Uppsala University
7
Amy J. Wagers
Harvard University
8
Stephen O’Rahilly
Wellcome/MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
9
Seung Joon Baek
Seoul National University
10
Birgit Schilling
Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Papers

1
Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
New England Journal of Medicine|2009
11.2k cit.
2
Apixaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
New England Journal of Medicine|2011
8.9k cit.
3
Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
New England Journal of Medicine|2009
7.1k cit.
4
Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-p superfamily member
Nature|1997
4k cit.
5
A C. elegans mutant that lives twice as long as wild type
Nature|1993
3.4k cit.
6
Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans
Nature|1997
2.9k cit.
7
Genes that act downstream of DAF-16 to influence the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans
Nature|2003
2.3k cit.
8
Intracoronary autologous bone-marrow cell transfer after myocardial infarction: the BOOST randomised controlled clinical trial
The Lancet|2004
2.2k cit.
9
Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1997
2k cit.
10
Effects of Recombinant Leptin Therapy in a Child with Congenital Leptin Deficiency
New England Journal of Medicine|1999
2k cit.

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