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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Systems and Molecular Biology of Longevity and Preventive Medicine: Brain-Energy-Microbiome-Exposome Synergies in Blue Zones and the Cilento Case.

Silvana Mirella Aliberti, Mario Capunzo, Richard H W Funk

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Silvana Mirella AlibertiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3462-6151
Mario CapunzoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, 84081 Salerno, Italy.
Richard H W FunkDivision of Preventive Medicine, Dresden International University (DIU), 01067 Dresden, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Longevity and healthy aging result from the complex interaction of genetic, epigenetic, microbial, behavioral, and environmental factors. The central nervous system-particularly the cerebral cortex-and the autonomic nervous system (ANS) play key roles in integrating external and internal signals, shaping energy metabolism, immune tone, and emotional regulation. This narrative review examines how the brain-ANS axis interacts with epigenetic regulation, telomere dynamics, the gut microbiome, and the exposome to influence biological aging and resilience. Relevant literature published between 2010 and 2025 was selected through comprehensive database searches (PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar), with a focus on studies addressing the multisystemic determinants of aging. Emphasis is placed on lifestyle-related exposures, such as diet, physical activity, psychosocial support, and environmental quality, that modulate systemic physiology through neurovisceral pathways. Drawing on empirical findings from classical Blue Zones and recent observational research in the Cilento region of southern Italy, this review highlights how context-specific factors-such as clean air, mineral-rich water, Mediterranean dietary patterns, and strong social cohesion-may foster bioelectric, metabolic, and neuroimmune homeostasis. By integrating data from neuroscience, systems biology, and environmental epidemiology, the review proposes a comprehensive model for understanding healthy longevity and supports the development of personalized, context-sensitive strategies in geroscience and preventive medicine.

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BrainEnergy MetabolismExposomeLongevityMicrobiotaPreventive MedicineAgingAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansSystems Biologyautonomic nervous systemBlue ZonesCilentoenergy metabolismepigeneticsexposomegut–brain axishealthspanlongevitytelomeres

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PMCPMC12387083

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