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Aging is characterized by a morpho-functional adaptation, variably affecting major physiological systems, depending on a complex interaction between genetic, environmental and stochastic factors. This dynamic interaction drives an age-related remodelling of a number of pathways/systems, providing the chance to reach the extreme limit of human life in healthy state which is reflected in the ever-increasing number of centenarians. This conceptualization implies that aging process per se and the development of the most common age-related diseases (ARD) are somewhat separate but must share somehow common set of basic biological mechanisms. One of the features that characterize both processes is the development and progression of an inflammatory state named inflammaging. Notably, inflammaging is characterized by a peculiar presentation, being a chronic, systemic, low grade and therefore for a long …