Sirtuins, aging, and medicine

L Guarente - New England Journal of Medicine, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
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What is new for an old molecule? Systematic review and recommendations on the use of resveratrol

O Vang, N Ahmad, CA Baile, JA Baur, K Brown… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Resveratrol is a natural compound suggested to have beneficial health effects.
However, people are consuming resveratrol for this reason without having the adequate …

PARP-1 inhibition increases mitochondrial metabolism through SIRT1 activation

P Bai, C Cantó, H Oudart, A Brunyánszki, Y Cen… - Cell metabolism, 2011 - cell.com
SIRT1 regulates energy homeostasis by controlling the acetylation status and activity of a
number of enzymes and transcriptional regulators. The fact that NAD+ levels control SIRT1 …

Absence of effects of Sir2 overexpression on lifespan in C. elegans and Drosophila

C Burnett, S Valentini, F Cabreiro, M Goss… - nature, 2011 - nature.com
Overexpression of sirtuins (NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases) has been reported to
increase lifespan in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Caenorhabditis elegans …

Sirtuins at a glance

T Nakagawa, L Guarente - Journal of cell science, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Sirtuins are NAD-dependent deacetylases that are highly conserved from bacteria to human
and SIR2 was originally shown to extend lifespan in budding yeast (Imai et al., 2000; …

Resveratrol improves oxidative stress and protects against diabetic nephropathy through normalization of Mn-SOD dysfunction in AMPK/SIRT1-independent pathway

M Kitada, S Kume, N Imaizumi, D Koya - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Despite the beneficial effects of resveratrol (RSV) on cardiovascular disease
and life span, its effects on type 2 diabetic nephropathy remain unknown. This study …

Modulation of endogenous antioxidant system by wine polyphenols in human disease

R Rodrigo, A Miranda, L Vergara - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
Numerous studies indicate that moderate red wine consumption is associated with a
protective effect against all-cause mortality. Since oxidative stress constitutes a unifying …

Acetylation-dependent regulation of endothelial Notch signalling by the SIRT1 deacetylase

V Guarani, G Deflorian, CA Franco, M Krüger, LK Phng… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Notch signalling is a key intercellular communication mechanism that is essential for cell
specification and tissue patterning, and which coordinates critical steps of blood vessel …

The deacetylase SIRT1 promotes membrane localization and activation of Akt and PDK1 during tumorigenesis and cardiac hypertrophy

NR Sundaresan, VB Pillai, D Wolfgeher, S Samant… - Science …, 2011 - science.org
Signaling through the kinase Akt regulates many biological functions. Akt is activated during
growth factor stimulation through a process that requires binding of Akt to …

Resveratrol promotes osteogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells by upregulating RUNX2 gene expression via the SIRT1/FOXO3A axis

PC Tseng, SM Hou, RJ Chen, HW Peng… - Journal of Bone and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Reports of the bone‐protective effects of resveratrol, a naturally occurring phytoestrogen and
agonist for the longevity gene SIRT1, have highlighted this compound as a candidate for …