Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging
Our previous research has shown that severe COVID-19 induces transcriptomic signatures in the human brain that resemble accelerated brain aging (Mavrikaki et al., 2022; Nature Aging). Funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), we are leveraging COVID-19 as a model of accelerated brain aging to uncover the molecular mechanisms driving both natural brain aging and COVID-19-induced accelerated aging. The ultimate goal of our research is to identify molecular targets to prevent, delay, or potentially reverse brain aging.
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Severe COVID could cause markers of old age in the brain