Kristian Boje Nielsen

Mr. Kristian Boje Nielsen


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 December 2024 in Proteomes
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NPNicolai Bjødstrup Palstrøm
Nicolai Bjødstrup Palstrøm
KNKristian Boje Nielsen
Kristian Boje Nielsen
ACAmanda Jessica Campbell
Amanda Jessica Campbell
Mette  SørensenMette Sørensen
Mette Sørensen
LRLars Melholt Rasmussen
Lars Melholt Rasmussen
HBHans Christian Beck
Hans Christian Beck
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the weakening and dilation of the abdominal aorta. Few diagnostic biomarkers have been proposed for this condition. We performed mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis of affinity-enriched plasma from 45 patients with AAA and 45 matched controls to identify changes to the plasma proteome and potential diagnostic biomarkers. Gene ontology analysis revealed a significant upregulation of the proteins involved in inflammation, coagulation, and extracellular matrix in AAA patients, while proteins related to angiogenesis were among those downregulated. Using recursive feature elimination, we identified a subset of 10 significantly regulated proteins that were highly predictive of AAA. A random forest classifier trained on these proteins achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.93 [95% CI: 0.91–0.95] using cross-validation. Further validation in a larger cohort is necessary to confirm these results.