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ArticleNature communications2026

Diet-responsive proteogenomic effects following short-term restriction of animal products in humans.

Alexandros Simistiras, Ozvan Bocher, Christina Emmanouil, Anargyros Skoulakis, Stavros Glentis, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Eleftheria Zeggini, Konstantinos Rouskas, Antigone S Dimas

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alexandros SimistirasInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-7400
Ozvan BocherUniv Brest, Inserm, EFS, UMR 1078, GGB, Brest, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-9236
Christina EmmanouilInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2421-2181
Anargyros SkoulakisInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.
Stavros GlentisInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.
Nikolaos Scarmeas1st Department of Neurology, Aiginitio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eleftheria ZegginiInstitute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4238-659X
Konstantinos RouskasInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-6834
Antigone S DimasInstitute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece. dimas@fleming.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-1971-2679

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 716998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of diet on genetic regulation in humans remains largely unexplored. Here, we investigate gene-diet interactions in a unique group of healthy individuals (N = 200) who alternate between omnivory and dietary restriction of animal products for religious reasons. Using longitudinal proteomic and genotype data, we identify diet-responsive cis-pQTLs and highlight regulatory effects on LBR and MSRA, proteins involved in cholesterol and methionine metabolism respectively. LBR-associated cis-pQTL rs74148404 colocalizes with obesity exclusively under dietary restriction, suggesting diet-dependent modulation of genetic risk. We also show that a diet-dependent cis-pQTL for metabolic regulator FGF21 colocalizes with eosinophil and platelet traits pointing to diet-sensitive immunometabolic signalling. By parallel profiling of a continuously omnivorous control group (N = 211), we uncover seasonally dynamic genetic regulation for proteins linked to apoptosis in immune system pathways (MAVS, CASP3, PDLIM7, IL12RB1), effects likely masked by animal product restriction. These findings reveal dynamic diet- and season-sensitive regulatory mechanisms with implications for precision nutrition and individualized disease prevention strategies, and underscore the need to integrate environmental context into genetic studies of health and disease.

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DietProteogenomicsAdultAnimalsCholesterolFemaleFibroblast Growth FactorsGene Expression RegulationGenotypeHumansMaleObesityPolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociSeasonsCholesterolfibroblast growth factor 21Fibroblast Growth Factors

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PMID42706243
PMCPMC13550478

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