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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2025

Biological age acceleration in Alzheimer's disease modulates relative cortical to medial temporal lobe neurodegeneration.

Lasya P Sreepada, Christopher A Brown, Sandhitsu R Das, Paul A Yushkevich, David A Wolk, Corey T McMillan, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 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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7 authors.

Lasya P SreepadaDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: lasya.sreepada@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Christopher A BrownDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: christopher.brown@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Sandhitsu R DasDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: sudas@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Paul A YushkevichDepartment of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: pauly2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
David A WolkDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: david.wolk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Corey T McMillanDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: mcmillac@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG072979 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVID A WOLK · 2021 to 2026
$24.8M
Understanding Environmental Contributions to Heterogeneity in bvFTD.P01AG066597 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David John Irwin, Corey T McMillan · 2020 to 2026
$18.8M
Biological Aging Contributions to Molecular Pathology and NeurodegenerationR01AG066152 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MCMILLAN, COREY T · 2019 to 2023
$3.8M
Cross-disciplinary training in translational neuroimaging of ADRDT32AG076411 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JOHN A DETRE, MURRAY GROSSMAN · 2022 to 2026
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066597NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072979NIA NIH HHS R01 AG066152NIA NIH HHS T32 AG076411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly associated with aging, typically presenting with amnestic, multi-domain cognitive impairment and greater medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy relative to cortex. However, approximately 15 % of AD cases present atypically, often at younger ages and with greater cortical involvement relative to MTL. This association between age and AD presentation is imperfect: some younger-onset cases are typical, amnestic presentations while some older-onset cases present less typically. We hypothesize that this discordance may be partially modulated by discordance between chronological age and biological age, defined epigenetically. Participants from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative with MRI and known amyloid status were selected (n = 1011, 44.4 % female, 75.33 ± 7.28 years) and classified as amyloid-negative, cognitively unimpaired (n = 329) or amyloid-positive, symptomatic individuals with mild cognitive impairment or dementia (n = 682). Biological age was estimated in individuals with DNA methylation (n = 448) using established epigenetic clocks. Biological age gap (BAG) was calculated to categorize individuals into "accelerated" (biological age > chronological age) or "decelerated" (biological age < chronological age) groups. We define the Cortico-Medial Temporal index (CoMeT), derived from MRI, to quantify age-adjusted relative differences between cortical and MTL structures. Lower CoMeT scores indicate relatively greater cortical involvement. BAG and CoMeT were significantly correlated (Pearson R=0.13, p = 0.023). Symptomatic individuals with decelerated BAG exhibited significantly lower CoMeT scores than individuals with accelerated BAG, with a large effect size, reflecting greater cortical involvement relative to MTL (Wilcoxon p = 0.023, rank-biserial correlation=-0.98). We conclude that biological aging modulates AD presentation beyond chronological age, providing novel insights into mechanisms underlying AD heterogeneity.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseCerebral CortexTemporal LobeAgedAged, 80 and overAtrophyCognitive DysfunctionDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleAlzheimer’s diseaseBiological agingDNA methylationEpigeneticsMRINeurodegeneration

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PMID40499493
PMCPMC13089110

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