Walker, Keenan A.

Defining the relationship between hypertension, cognitive decline, and dementia: a review

Walker, K. A., Power, M. C., & Gottesman, R. F. (2017) · Current Hypertension Reports

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

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Association of midlife to late-life blood pressure patterns with incident dementia

Walker, K. A., Sharrett, A. R., Wu, A., Schneider, A. L. C., Albert, M., Lutsey, P. L., Bandeen-Roche, K., Coresh, J., Gross, A. L., Windham, B. G., et al. (2019) · JAMA

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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Systemic inflammation during midlife and cognitive change over 20 years: The ARIC Study

Walker, K. A., Gottesman, R. F., Wu, A., Knopman, D. S., Gross, A. L., Mosley, T. H., Selvin, E., & Windham, B. G. (2019) · Neurology

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

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Understanding the Role of Systemic Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Walker, K. A., Ficek, B. N., & Westbrook, R. (2019) · ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

Cited by 259

Large-scale plasma proteomic analysis identifies proteins and pathways associated with dementia risk

Walker, K. A., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Fornage, M., Yang, Y., Zhou, L., Grams, M. E., Tin, A., Daya, N., Hoogeveen, R. C., et al. (2021) · Nature Aging

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

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Connecting aging biology and inflammation in the omics era

Walker, K. A., Basisty, N., Wilson, D. M., & Ferrucci, L. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Investigation

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

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Lifetime risk and projected burden of dementia

Fang, M., Hu, J., Weiss, J., Knopman, D. S., Albert, M., Windham, B. G., Walker, K. A., Sharrett, A. R., Gottesman, R. F., Lutsey, P. L., et al. (2025) · Nature Medicine

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

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Midlife systemic inflammatory markers are associated with late-life brain volume: The ARIC study

Walker, K. A., Hoogeveen, R. C., Folsom, A. R., Ballantyne, C. M., Knopman, D. S., Windham, B. G., Jack, C. R., & Gottesman, R. F. (2017) · Neurology

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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Proteomics analysis of plasma from middle-aged adults identifies protein markers of dementia risk in later life

Walker, K. A., Chen, J., Shi, L., Yang, Y., Fornage, M., Zhou, L., Schlosser, P., Surapaneni, A., Grams, M. E., Duggan, M. R., et al. (2023) · Science Translational Medicine

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

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Association between blood pressure and later-life cognition among black and white individuals

Levine, D. A., Gross, A. L., Briceño, E. M., Tilton, N., Kabeto, M. U., Hingtgen, S. M., Giordani, B. J., Sussman, J. B., Hayward, R. A., Burke, J. F., et al. (2020) · JAMA Neurology

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Cited by 103

Cognitive stimulation in the workplace, plasma proteins, and risk of dementia: three analyses of population cohort studies

Kivimäki, M., Walker, K. A., Pentti, J., Nyberg, S. T., Mars, N., Vahtera, J., Suominen, S. B., Lallukka, T., Rahkonen, O., Pietiläinen, O., et al. (2021) · BMJ

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchCognitive Abilities and Testing

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Midlife Systemic Inflammation Is Associated With Frailty in Later Life: The ARIC Study

Walker, K. A., Walston, J., Gottesman, R. F., Kucharska-Newton, A., Palta, P., & Windham, B. G. (2019) · The Journals of Gerontology: Series A

Frailty in Older AdultsHealth disparities and outcomes

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APOE ε4 carriers share immune-related proteomic changes across neurodegenerative diseases

Shvetcov, A., Johnson, E. C. B., Winchester, L. M., Walker, K. A., Wilkins, H. M., Thompson, T. G., Rothstein, J. D., Krish, V., Imam, F. B., The Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium (GNPC), et al. (2025) · Nature Medicine

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 78

Plasma proteins, cognitive decline, and 20-year risk of dementia in the Whitehall II and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studies

Lindbohm, J. V., Mars, N., Walker, K. A., Singh‐Manoux, A., Livingston, G., Brunner, E. J., Sipilä, P. N., Saksela, K., Ferrie, J. E., Lovering, R. C., et al. (2022) · Alzheimer's & Dementia

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

Cited by 70

Inflammation and neurodegeneration: chronicity matters

Walker, K. A. (2018) · Aging

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Cited by 66

Plasma Markers of Inflammation Linked to Clinical Progression and Decline During Preclinical AD

Gross, A. L., Walker, K. A., Moghekar, A. R., Pettigrew, C., Soldan, A., Albert, M. S., & Walston, J. D. (2019) · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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Chronic Systemic Inflammation Is Associated With Symptoms of Late-Life Depression: The ARIC Study

Sonsin-Diaz, N., Gottesman, R. F., Fracica, E., Walston, J., Windham, B. G., Knopman, D. S., & Walker, K. A. (2020) · The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Tryptophan and brain disordersStress Responses and Cortisol

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Incidence of dementia following hospitalization with infection among adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study cohort

Bohn, B., Lutsey, P. L., Misialek, J. R., Walker, K. A., Brown, C. H., Hughes, T. M., Ishigami, J., Matsushita, K., & Demmer, R. T. (2023) · JAMA Network Open

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Cited by 35

Correlations Within and Between Highly Multiplexed Proteomic Assays of Human Plasma

Rooney, M. R., Chen, J., Ballantyne, C. M., Hoogeveen, R. C., Boerwinkle, E., Yu, B., Walker, K. A., Schlosser, P., Selvin, E., Chatterjee, N., et al. (2025) · Clinical Chemistry

Advanced Biosensing Techniques and ApplicationsClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control

Cited by 33

Herpes Viruses in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging: Associations With Brain Volumes, Cognitive Performance, and Plasma Biomarkers

Duggan, M. R., Peng, Z., An, Y., Kitner Triolo, M. H., Shafer, A. T., Davatzikos, C., Erus, G., Karikkineth, A., Lewis, A., Moghekar, A., et al. (2022) · Neurology

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

Cited by 24

Association of hospitalization, critical illness, and infection with brain structure in older adults

Walker, K. A., Gottesman, R. F., Wu, A., Knopman, D. S., Mosley, T. H., Alonso, A., Kucharska‐Newton, A., & Brown, C. H. (2018) · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchCerebrovascular and genetic disorders

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Association of common infections with cognitive performance in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study follow-up

Wennberg, A. M., Maher, B. S., Rabinowitz, J. A., Holingue, C., Felder, W. R., Wells, J. L., Munro, C. A., Lyketsos, C. G., Eaton, W. W., Walker, K. A., et al. (2023) · Alzheimer's & Dementia

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

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Activated GDF11/8 subforms predict cardiovascular events and mortality in humans

Walker, R. G., Kato, T., Ben Driss, L., Williams, S. A., Hinterberg, M. A., Janjic, N., Gelinas, A. D., Carpenter, M. A., Kattamuri, C., Walter, J. E., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications

GDF15 and Related BiomarkersTGF-β signaling in diseases

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Circulating Cell Type Senescence Signatures Reveal High-Resolution Health Status and Trajectories in Human Longitudinal Studies

Olinger, B., Anerillas, C., Herman, A. B., Tsitsipatis, D., Banarjee, R., Tanaka, T., Candia, J., Maragkakis, M., Bandinelli, S., Walker, K. A., et al. (2026) · medRxiv

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

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