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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

A Machine-Learning Approach Identifies Rejuvenating Interventions in the Human Brain.

Guillem Santamaria, Cristina Iglesias, Sascha Jung, Javier Arcos Hodar, Ruben Nogueiras, Antonio Del Sol

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. A Machine-Learning Approach Identifies Rejuvenating Interventions in the Human Brain.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Guillem SantamariaLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, Esch-Belval Esch-sur-Alzette, 4367, Luxembourg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-0764
Cristina IglesiasCentro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Campus Vida Avenida Barcelona, s/n, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain.
Sascha JungCIC bioGUNE-BRTA (Basque Research and Technology Alliance), Bizkaia Technology Park, 801 Building, Derio, 48160, Spain.
Javier Arcos HodarCIC bioGUNE-BRTA (Basque Research and Technology Alliance), Bizkaia Technology Park, 801 Building, Derio, 48160, Spain.
Ruben NogueirasCentro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Campus Vida Avenida Barcelona, s/n, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain.
Antonio Del SolLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, Esch-Belval Esch-sur-Alzette, 4367, Luxembourg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-617X

Funding

A multiscale investigation of the living human brainR01AG069976 · NIA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CHARNEY, ALEXANDER W · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y NutriciónFonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg INTER/EJP-RD/20/15004821Government of Canada NFRFT-2022-00327H2020 European Research Council WATCH- 810331Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2021-126096NB-I00Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RED2018-102379-TNIA NIH HHS R01 AG069976Xunta de Galicia 2020-PG0157Xunta de Galicia 2021-CP085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increase in life expectancy has caused a rise in age-related brain disorders. Although brain rejuvenation is a promising strategy to counteract brain functional decline, systematic discovery methods for efficient interventions are lacking. A computational platform based on a transcriptional brain aging clock capable of detecting age- and neurodegeneration-related changes is developed. Applied to neurodegeneration-positive samples, it reveals that neurodegenerative disease presence and severity significantly increase predicted age. By screening 43840 transcriptional profiles of chemical and genetic perturbations, it identifies 453 unique rejuvenating interventions, several of which are known to extend lifespan in animal models. Additionally, the identified interventions include drugs already used to treat neurological disorders, Alzheimer's disease among them. A combination of compounds predicted by the platform reduced anxiety, improved memory, and rejuvenated the brain cortex transcriptome in aged mice. These results demonstrate the platform's ability to identify brain-rejuvenating interventions, offering potential treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

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AgingBrainMachine LearningNeurodegenerative DiseasesRejuvenationAnimalsHumansMaleMicecognitive declinegene expressionsenescencetherapiestranscriptional age

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PMID40660726
PMCPMC12499397

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