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Sirt7 increases stress resistance of cardiomyocytes and prevents apoptosis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy in mice.
Circulation research - 28 Mar 2008
Vakhrusheva Olesya, Smolka Christian, Gajawada Praveen, Kostin Sawa, Boettger Thomas, Kubin Thomas, Braun Thomas, Bober Eva
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Sirt7 is a member of the mammalian sirtuin family consisting of 7 genes, Sirt1 to Sirt7, which all share a homology to the founding family member, the yeast Sir2 gene. Most sirtuins are supposed to act as histone/protein deacetylases, which use oxidized NAD in a sirtuin-specific, 2-step deacetyla...
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