Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Premature Aging

Premature aging refers to the appearance of age-related changes earlier in life than normally expected, affecting tissues, organs, or the body as a whole before the typical chronological timeline. It is associated with biological processes such as oxidative stress, telomere shortening, and DNA damage, and it can be …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 19× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2474-7785 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Premature aging refers to the appearance of age-related changes earlier in life than normally expected, affecting tissues, organs, or the body as a whole before the typical chronological timeline. It is associated with biological processes such as oxidative stress, telomere shortening, and DNA damage, and it can be influenced by genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that accelerate cellular and tissue decline. Within Aging Research And Healthcare, premature aging is studied across several body systems and contexts. Work on early vascular aging examines how factors such as low birth weight relate to cardiometabolic changes that emerge sooner than usual in adult life, illustrating how early-life exposures can shape later aging trajectories. Research on regenerative approaches, including the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells in conditions involving early ovarian aging, explores strategies aimed at slowing or counteracting accelerated tissue decline. The broader field connects these threads to oxidative damage, telomere biology, and the cellular mechanisms thought to underlie how and why aging can occur ahead of schedule. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to premature aging and the biology that drives it.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2021

Fear of Falls and Frailty: Cause or Consequence or Both?

Marks RayCorresponding author
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Aging Research And Healthcare Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-4041

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 19 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Premature Aging, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Aging Research And Healthcare (ISSN 2474-7785).

Journal editorial board
Anna Aiello · Italy Juan Manuel Carmona Torres · Spain IAN JAMES MARTINS · Australia

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.