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Neurosenescence, inflammaging and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders

This review paper summarizes existing research showing that as we age, our brain cells and immune system deteriorate in ways that may contribute to diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The aging process causes harmful inflammation in the brain, and scientists have identified specific biological markers that signal this damage is happening. Understanding these aging patterns could help researchers develop new treatments called "senolytic therapies" that target and remove damaged aging cells to potentially slow or prevent brain diseases.

2026 Frontiers in Aging
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Intermittent fasting protects against food allergy in a murine model via regulating gut microbiota

In a mouse model of food allergy, long-term intermittent fasting attenuated allergic responses by reducing Th2 inflammation, maintaining intestinal barrier integrity, and preventing gut microbiota dysbiosis.

2023 Frontiers in Immunology 24 citations
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Nanoplastics: An emerging environmental concern in age-related diseases

This review examines the growing body of evidence linking nanoplastics to aging and age-related conditions. Researchers found that nanoplastics can disrupt key molecular pathways involved in inflammation, oxidative stress, and cellular damage that are central to the aging process. The study suggests that chronic nanoplastic exposure may accelerate biological aging, raising concerns about long-term health effects as environmental plastic pollution continues to increase.

2025 Environmental Pollution 2 citations
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Micro/nanoplastic-driven cardiovascular senescence and multi-target intervention by traditional Chinese medicine

Researchers reviewed how micro- and nanoplastics accumulate in cardiovascular tissues and accelerate cellular aging through mitochondrial damage, epigenetic changes, telomere shortening, and chronic inflammation, while also highlighting traditional Chinese medicine's multi-target compounds as a potential countermeasure by simultaneously addressing oxidative stress, fibrosis, and cell death pathways.

2025 Ageing Research Reviews 1 citations
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Microplastics/nanoplastics contribute to aging and age-related diseases: Mitochondrial dysfunction as a crucial role

This review examines how microplastics and nanoplastics may contribute to aging and age-related conditions by damaging mitochondria, the energy-producing structures inside cells. Researchers describe how these tiny plastic particles enter the body through food, water, and air, and accumulate in various organs where they can disrupt normal mitochondrial function. The study suggests that microplastic-driven mitochondrial damage could be an underappreciated factor in the aging process and related health decline.

2025 Food and Chemical Toxicology 3 citations
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Inter- and intracellular mitochondrial communication: signaling hubs in aging and age-related diseases

Researchers reviewed how mitochondria — the cell's energy factories — communicate both within and between cells, and how this communication breaks down as we age. When mitochondrial function and signaling both fail together, it creates a damaging cycle that drives age-related diseases, but targeting these pathways may offer new ways to extend healthy lifespan.

2024 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters 8 citations
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The role of ageing and oxidative stress in intervertebral disc degeneration

This review details how aging and oxidative stress synergistically drive intervertebral disc degeneration through mitochondrial dysfunction, increased reactive oxygen species, and decreased antioxidant capacity. The progressive breakdown of disc matrix components under chronic oxidative damage suggests antioxidant therapies could potentially slow disc degeneration.

2022 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 47 citations
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Preventing ovarian aging: from redox-targeted strategies to extracellular vesicle-based therapies

This review paper summarizes research showing that ovarian aging (when a woman's ovaries stop working properly) can be sped up by things like smoking, unhealthy diets, chemicals in plastics, and tiny plastic particles we're exposed to every day. Scientists are studying treatments like antioxidants and special cell therapies that might help protect women's ovaries from this damage. This matters because healthier ovaries could help women maintain their fertility longer and reduce health problems related to hormone changes as they age.

2026 Frontiers in Aging
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Epigenetic Effects of Healthy Foods and Lifestyle Habits from the Southern European Atlantic Diet Pattern: A Narrative Review

Researchers reviewed how the Southern European Atlantic diet — rich in fish, vegetables, and minimally processed foods — influences epigenetic markers such as DNA methylation and microRNA expression, proposing that this dietary pattern promotes healthy aging by modulating gene expression through nutrient-driven epigenetic mechanisms.

2022 Advances in Nutrition 55 citations
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Redox regulation in aging muscles: exercise as a key modulator to combat sarcopenia and frailty

Researchers reviewed evidence on how aerobic and resistance exercise modulates redox homeostasis in aging skeletal muscle, synthesizing findings from randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses to show that exercise reduces oxidative stress markers by 10–20%, enhances antioxidant enzyme activity by 15–30%, and improves muscle strength and frailty scores through pathways including Nrf2, AMPK, and PGC-1α activation.

2026 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 1
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Gut microbiota: an ideal biomarker and intervention strategy for aging

Not relevant to microplastics — this review explores how gut microbiome composition can serve as a biomarker for aging and a target for anti-aging interventions in humans, without addressing plastic pollution.

2023 Microbiome Research Reports 2 citations
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Drosophila as a Robust Model System for Assessing Autophagy: A Review

This review explores how the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster serves as a powerful research model for studying autophagy, the cellular recycling process that plays roles in aging, immune response, and disease. Researchers describe the genetic tools and techniques available in Drosophila that allow detailed investigation of autophagy mechanisms in a living organism. The study highlights that insights from fruit fly research continue to advance our understanding of how autophagy functions in more complex organisms, including humans.

2023 Toxics 17 citations
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Cognitive and functional resilience as markers of longevity and successful ageing

This systematic literature review examined cognitive and functional resilience as markers of longevity and successful aging, synthesizing evidence on how these capacities are influenced by genetics, environment, and lifestyle and can predict quality of life in older adults.

2025
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A Comprehensive Review of Pathological Mechanisms and Natural Dietary Ingredients for the Management and Prevention of Sarcopenia

This review explores natural dietary ingredients, including plant extracts, phytochemicals, and probiotics, that may help prevent or manage sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. Researchers found that certain compounds can influence muscle protein synthesis, reduce inflammation, and support gut health in ways that benefit muscle maintenance. The study highlights how diet-based approaches could complement exercise in preserving muscle function as people age.

2023 Nutrients 35 citations
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СЛЕД МИКРОПЛАСТИКА В ГЕРОНТОЛОГИИ: МЕТААНАЛИЗ ЕГО РОЛИ В МОДУЛЯЦИИ ДОЛГОЛЕТИЯ

This meta-analysis of 33 studies examined how microplastics may affect aging and longevity. It found that microplastic exposure was linked to increased oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular aging markers, suggesting that long-term microplastic accumulation in the body could potentially accelerate the aging process.

2026 Успехи геронтологии
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Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease: Tied to Aging

This review explores the core biological mechanisms that connect aging to Alzheimer's disease, including abnormal protein buildup, chronic brain inflammation, loss of key neurotransmitters, and blood-brain barrier dysfunction. Researchers highlight how age-related decline in the body's ability to clear waste and repair cellular damage accelerates the progression of neurodegeneration. The study underscores the need for treatments that target multiple pathways simultaneously rather than addressing a single mechanism.

2025 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 3 citations
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Polystyrene nanoplastics induce ovarian granulosa cell senescence via autophagy suppression

Researchers found that polystyrene nanoplastics induce premature cellular aging (senescence) in human ovarian granulosa cells by suppressing autophagy, triggering inflammatory signaling and mitochondrial dysfunction, and that restoring autophagy with rapamycin reversed these effects — pointing to a potential mechanism linking nanoplastic exposure to accelerated ovarian aging.

2025 NanoImpact
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Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling at the Crossroad of Muscle Fiber Fate in Sarcopenia

This review summarized how mTOR signaling regulates skeletal muscle maintenance and how dysregulation contributes to sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function. Intervention strategies targeting mTOR including exercise, caloric restriction, and plant extract supplementation show promise for slowing muscle decline in aging.

2022 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 41 citations
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Biological Aging Acceleration Due to Environmental Exposures: An Exciting New Direction in Toxicogenomics Research

This review explores how environmental exposures, including pollutants and lifestyle factors, can accelerate biological aging at the molecular level. Researchers examine biological clock technologies that measure changes in DNA and other cellular markers to assess aging acceleration. The study highlights emerging evidence that toxic exposures may speed up aging processes, offering a new way to evaluate the long-term health impacts of environmental contaminants.

2023 Genes 18 citations
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Micro- and Nanoplastics Exposure Across the Lifespan: One Health Implications for Aging and Longevity

Researchers reviewed evidence on micro- and nanoplastic exposure across the human lifespan through a One Health lens, finding that MNPs trigger oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cellular senescence—mechanisms central to aging—and that older adults face compounded risk from lifetime accumulation and diminished physiological resilience, though direct epidemiological data in this population remain sparse.

2026 Journal of Xenobiotics
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Aging, longevity, and the role of environmental stressors: a focus on wildfire smoke and air quality

This review explores how environmental stressors, particularly wildfire smoke, interact with the biological mechanisms of aging, including telomere attrition, cellular senescence, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Preliminary evidence suggests that inhaled wildfire smoke toxicants may accelerate neurological aging markers and compromise blood-brain barrier integrity, though the intersection between environmental exposures and aging processes remains under-studied.

2023 Frontiers in Toxicology 8 citations
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Causality of Aging Hallmarks

This article argues that among the twelve recognized hallmarks of aging, telomere shortening is the primary causal driver, proposing that co-regulation of telomere and ribosomal DNA lengths via the P53 pathway mediates all other aging hallmarks, with implications for longevity research strategies.

2025 Aging and Disease 2 citations
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Bioactive Compounds and Their Derivatives: An Insight into Prospective Phytotherapeutic Approach against Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers reviewed natural bioactive compounds from plant sources for their potential neuroprotective effects related to Alzheimer's disease. The study highlights how these compounds may modulate molecular mechanisms involved in disease development, while noting challenges such as limited bioavailability and blood-brain barrier permeability.

2022 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 72 citations
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Opportunities and Challenges for Nanotherapeutics for the Aging Population

This review explores how nanotherapeutics could address age-related changes in drug pharmacokinetics that impair efficacy and increase toxicity in elderly patients, while noting the need to balance benefits against the long-term safety of nanomaterials.

2022 Frontiers in Nanotechnology 28 citations