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Epigenetic Clocks and Their Prospective Application in the Complex Landscape of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease.

Annamaria Cerantonio, Beatrice Maria Greco, Luigi Citrigno, Selene De Benedittis, Antonio Qualtieri, Raffaele Maletta, Alberto Montesanto, Giuseppe Passarino, Patrizia Spadafora, Francesca Cavalcanti

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Review in Genes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Epigenetic aging and blood based neurodegeneration markers in LASI-DAD.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Annamaria CerantonioInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.
Beatrice Maria GrecoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.
Luigi CitrignoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.
Selene De BenedittisInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.
Antonio QualtieriInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9147-9752
Raffaele MalettaRegional Neurogenetic Centre (CRN), Department of Primary Care, ASP Catanzaro, 88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0758-1835
Alberto MontesantoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9563-2216
Giuseppe PassarinoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4701-9748
Patrizia SpadaforaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.
Francesca CavalcantiInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), 87050 Mangone, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5769-4582

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, scientists are making efforts to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the phenotypic changes underlying the aging process in order to develop favorable therapeutical interventions. Epigenetic modifications, in particular DNA methylation, play a crucial role in the aging process, and this parameter has been used to set epigenetic clocks, algorithms that predict an individual's biological age based on a defined set of CpGs. In this review, we focus on the most recent literature to discuss the use of epigenetic clocks in the context of cognitive decline and dysregulation of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related gene expression. We have summarized all published scientific papers in which epigenetic clocks have been applied to measure age acceleration in blood and brain specimens from patients affected with AD. Progressive age acceleration, consistent with a specific DNA methylation signature, was observed in patients affected by AD, and it was correlated with the onset of complex diseases, mitochondrial alterations, dementia and cognitive decline, even in the early stages of these conditions. The use of epigenetic clocks might be a valuable biomarker to enable an earlier identification of ideal measures to reverse modifications caused by aging and to mitigate multiple aspects of disease/aging mechanisms.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseEpigenesis, GeneticBiological ClocksCognitive DysfunctionDNA MethylationHumansagingAlzheimer’s diseasecognitive declineDNA methylationepigenetic clocksepigenetics

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PMID40565571
PMCPMC12193669

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