“…Importantly, for all these neurodegenerative diseases, physical activity and rehabilitation programs are recommended for their beneficial effects that may help to slow down clinical progression or at least to mitigate clinical symptoms. Several studies showed that physical exercise influences epigenetic mechanisms [11], both in healthy subjects and in subjects with neurodegenerative diseases [12][13][14]; therefore, it is plausible that exerciseinduced beneficial effects may involve a modulation of epigenetic processes to restore physiological functions. Future studies will be important to identify epigenetic biomarkers useful for supporting these non-pharmacological measures to prevent the evolution of neurodegenerative disease, as well as to predict the outcome and the efficiency of a particular rehabilitation program.…”
Epigenetic mechanisms inducing phenotypic changes without altering the DNA genome are increasingly recognized as key factors modulating gene expression and, consequently, cell functions [...]
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