calcium binding protein A4; S100A6, S100 calcium binding protein A6; SVD, small vessel disease; SWATH-MS, Sequential Window Acquisition of all Theoretical Mass Spectra-MS; Syt2, synaptotagmin-2; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor β1; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α; TOF-MS, time of flight MS; TPA, total protein approach; UPLC, ultra performance liquid chromatography; VCID, vascular cognitive impairment and dementia; Vim, vimentin; XIC, extracted ion current chromatogram.