Alzheimer s & Dementia,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
21(3)
Published: March 1, 2025
The
utility
of
retinal
photography-derived
aging
biomarkers
for
predicting
cognitive
decline
remains
under-explored.
A
memory-clinic
cohort
in
Singapore
was
followed-up
5
years.
RetiPhenoAge,
a
biomarker,
derived
from
photographs
using
deep-learning.
Using
competing
risk
analysis,
we
determined
the
associations
RetiPhenoAge
with
and
dementia,
UK
Biobank
utilized
as
replication
cohort.
MRI
markers(cerebral
small
vessel
disease
[CSVD]
neurodegeneration)
its
underlying
plasma
proteomic
profile
were
evaluated.
Of
510
subjects(N
=
155
decline),
associated
incident
(subdistribution
hazard
ratio
[SHR]
1.34,
95%
confidence
interval
[CI]
1.10-1.64,
p
0.004),
dementia
(SHR
1.43,
CI
1.02-2.01,
0.036).
In
(N
33
495),
similarly
predicted
1.25,
1.09-1.41,
0.008).
significantly
CSVD,
brain
atrophy,
signatures
related
to
aging.
may
provide
non-invasive
prognostic
screening
tool
dementia.
marker,
studied
an
Asian
memory
clinic
Older
future
It
also
linked
neuropathological
markers,
profiles
found
that
12-year
Future
studies
should
validate
biomarker
Nature Aging,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 9, 2023
The
geroscience
hypothesis
proposes
that
therapy
to
slow
or
reverse
molecular
changes
occur
with
aging
can
delay
prevent
multiple
chronic
diseases
and
extend
healthy
lifespan
Epigenomics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(18), P. 1125 - 1138
Published: Sept. 1, 2022
Background:
Biological
aging
may
be
a
robust
biomarker
of
dementia
or
cognitive
performance.
This
systematic
review
synthesized
the
evidence
for
an
association
between
epigenetic
and
dementia,
mild
impairment
function.
Methods:
A
search
was
conducted
according
to
Preferred
Reporting
Items
Systematic
Reviews
Meta-Analyses
guidelines.
Results:
30
eligible
articles
were
included.
There
no
strong
that
accelerated
associated
with
dementia/mild
(n
=
7).
some
poorer
cognition
20),
particularly
GrimAge
acceleration,
but
this
inconsistent
varied
across
domains.
meta-analysis
not
performed
due
high
study
heterogeneity.
Conclusion:
is
insufficient
indicate
current
clocks
can
clinically
useful
biomarkers
aging.
Alzheimer s & Dementia,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20(1), P. 652 - 694
Published: Sept. 12, 2023
The
Alzheimer's
Disease
Neuroimaging
Initiative
(ADNI)
aims
to
improve
disease
(AD)
clinical
trials.
Since
2006,
ADNI
has
shared
clinical,
neuroimaging,
and
cognitive
data,
biofluid
samples.
We
used
conventional
search
methods
identify
1459
publications
from
2021
2022
using
data/samples
reviewed
291
impactful
studies.
This
review
details
how
studies
improved
progression
understanding
trial
efficiency.
Advances
in
subject
selection,
detection
of
treatment
effects,
harmonization,
modeling
trials
plasma
biomarkers
like
phosphorylated
tau
showed
promise
for
use.
Biomarkers
amyloid
beta,
tau,
neurodegeneration,
inflammation,
others
were
prognostic
with
individualized
prediction
algorithms
available
online.
Studies
supported
the
cascade,
emphasized
importance
neuroinflammation,
detailed
widespread
heterogeneity
disease,
linked
genetic
vascular
risk,
co-pathologies,
sex,
resilience.
Biological
subtypes
consistently
observed.
Generalizability
results
is
limited
by
lack
cohort
diversity,
an
issue
ADNI-4
address
enrolling
a
diverse
cohort.
Ageing Research Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
91, P. 102044 - 102044
Published: Aug. 28, 2023
According
to
the
Geroscience
concept
that
organismal
aging
and
age-associated
diseases
share
same
basic
molecular
mechanisms,
identification
of
biomarkers
age
can
efficiently
classify
people
as
biologically
older
(or
younger)
than
their
chronological
(i.e.
calendar)
is
becoming
paramount
importance.
These
will
be
in
fact
at
higher
lower)
risk
for
many
different
diseases,
including
cardiovascular
neurodegeneration,
cancer,
etc.
In
turn,
patients
suffering
from
these
are
healthy
age-matched
individuals.
Many
correlate
with
have
been
described
so
far.
The
aim
present
review
discuss
usefulness
some
(especially
soluble,
circulating
ones)
order
identify
frail
patients,
possibly
before
appearance
clinical
symptoms,
well
diseases.
An
overview
selected
discussed
this
regard,
particular
we
focus
on
related
metabolic
stress
response,
inflammation,
cell
death
(in
neurodegeneration),
all
phenomena
connected
inflammaging
(chronic,
low-grade,
inflammation).
second
part
review,
next-generation
markers
such
extracellular
vesicles
cargos,
epigenetic
gut
microbiota
composition,
discussed.
Since
recent
progresses
omics
techniques
allowed
an
exponential
increase
production
laboratory
data
also
field
age,
making
it
difficult
extract
biological
meaning
huge
mass
available
data,
Artificial
Intelligence
(AI)
approaches
increasingly
important
strategy
extracting
knowledge
raw
providing
practitioners
actionable
information
treat
patients.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(26)
Published: June 28, 2023
Slower
epigenetic
aging
is
associated
with
exposure
to
green
space
(greenness);
however,
the
longitudinal
relationship
has
not
been
well
studied,
particularly
in
minority
groups.
We
investigated
association
between
20-year
greenness
[Normalized
Difference
Vegetation
Index
(NDVI)]
and
a
large,
biracial
(Black/white),
U.S.
urban
cohort.
Using
generalized
estimating
equations
adjusted
for
individual
neighborhood
socioeconomic
characteristics,
greater
was
slower
aging.
Black
participants
had
less
surrounding
an
attenuated
[β
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
94(12), P. 1064 - 1070
Published: March 24, 2023
Background
Biological
ageing
is
one
of
the
principal
risk
factors
for
neurodegenerative
diseases.
It
becoming
increasingly
clear
that
acceleration
DNA
methylation
age,
as
measured
by
epigenetic
clock,
closely
associated
with
many
age-related
Methods
We
searched
PubMed
and
Web
Science
databases
to
identify
eligible
studies
reporting
clocks
in
several
diseases,
including
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD),
Parkinson’s
(PD),
amyotrophic
lateral
sclerosis
(ALS)
Huntington’s
(HD).
Results
Twenty-three
(12
AD,
4
PD,
5
ALS,
2
HD)
were
included.
systematically
summarised
clinical
utility
11
(based
on
blood
brain
tissues)
assessing
factors,
age
onset,
diagnosis,
progression,
prognosis
pathology
ALS
HD.
also
critically
described
our
current
understandings
these
evidences,
further
discussed
key
challenges,
potential
mechanisms
future
perspectives
Conclusions
Epigenetic
hold
great
Further
research
encouraged
evaluate
promote
application.
PROSPERO
registration
number
CRD42022365233.
Environment International,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
178, P. 108064 - 108064
Published: June 24, 2023
Native
American
communities
suffer
disproportionately
from
elevated
metal
exposures
and
increased
risk
for
cardiovascular
diseases
diabetes.
DNA
methylation
is
a
sensitive
biomarker
of
aging-related
processes
novel
epigenetic-based
"clocks"
can
be
used
to
estimate
accelerated
biological
aging
that
may
underlie
risk.
Metals
alter
methylation,
yet
little
known
about
their
individual
combined
impact
on
epigenetic
age
acceleration.
Our
objective
was
investigate
the
associations
metals
several
methylation-based
measures
in
Strong
Heart
Study
(SHS)
cohort.
Internal and Emergency Medicine,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
18(7), P. 2019 - 2028
Published: Aug. 28, 2023
Abstract
Biological
age
is
increasingly
recognized
as
being
more
accurate
than
chronological
in
determining
chronic
health
outcomes.
This
study
assessed
whether
biological
age,
on
intensive
care
unit
(ICU)
admission,
can
predict
hospital
mortality.
retrospective
cohort
study,
conducted
a
tertiary
multidisciplinary
ICU
Western
Australia,
used
the
Levine
PhenoAge
model
to
estimate
each
patient’s
(also
called
PhenoAge).
Each
was
calibrated
generate
regression
residual
which
equivalent
unexplained
by
local
context.
PhenoAgeAccel
dichotomized
measure
of
residuals,
and
its
presence
suggested
that
one
biologically
older
corresponding
age.
Of
2950
critically
ill
adult
patients
analyzed,
291
died
(9.9%)
before
discharge.
Both
residuals
(after
regressing
age)
had
significantly
better
ability
differentiate
between
survivors
non-survivors
(area
under
receiver-operating-characteristic
curve
0.648
0.654
vs.
0.547
respectively).
Being
phenotypically
one’s
associated
with
an
increased
risk
mortality
(PhenoAgeAccel
hazard
ratio
[HR]
1.997,
95%
confidence
interval
[CI]
1.568–2.542;
p
=
0.001)
dose-related
fashion
did
not
reach
plateau
until
at
least
20-year
gap.
adverse
association
remained
significant
(adjusted
HR
1.386,
CI
1.077–1.784;
0.011)
after
adjusted
for
severity
acute
illness
comorbidities.
prevalent
among
those
pre-existing
cardiovascular
disease,
end-stage
renal
failure,
cirrhosis,
immune
diabetes
mellitus,
or
treated
immunosuppressive
therapy.
common
comorbidities,
this
fully
explained
comorbidities
illness.