Among the differentially expressed proteins, there were proteins involved either in the neurogenic process (e.g. GDF11) or in Alzheimer’s disease (e.g. LRRK2, RCAN1, NTRK2), or in both neurogenesis and Alzheimer’s disease (e.g. CREBBP, SFRP1, IL1RAP). Here, GDF11 is linked to Alzheimer disease.