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ReviewAging2025

Exercise as a geroprotector: focusing on epigenetic aging.

Takuji Kawamura, Mitsuru Higuchi, Zsolt Radak, Yasuyuki Taki

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Review in Aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Takuji KawamuraSmart Aging Research Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
Mitsuru HiguchiFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan.
Zsolt RadakFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan.
Yasuyuki TakiSmart Aging Research Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests that physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness may delay or reverse epigenetic aging, with implications for the extension of healthspan. This Perspective review defines essential exercise-related terminology and synthesizes findings from both human and animal studies examining the relationships between these factors and DNA methylation-based epigenetic clocks. While observational studies have demonstrated inverse relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness and epigenetic age acceleration, interventional studies further suggest that structured exercise training can induce epigenomic rejuvenation, particularly in blood and skeletal muscle. However, these effects exhibit considerable interindividual and organ-specific variability, underscoring the need for future research to elucidate causal mechanisms and organ-specific responses in order to optimize the application of exercise as a geroprotective intervention.

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AgingEpigenesis, GeneticExerciseAnimalsDNA MethylationHumansepigenetic clockexercisegeroprotectorphysical activityphysical fitness

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PMID40632934
PMCPMC12339019

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