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Disruption of Igfbp1 fails to rescue the phenotype of Sirt1-/- mice.
Experimental cell research - 1 Aug 2010
Boily Gino, He Xiao Hong, Jardine Karen, McBurney Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is an NAD-dependent histone deacetylase (HDAC) whose activity is thought to forestall the onset of a variety of age-related diseases. Mice carrying null mutations of the Sirt1 gene suffer high rates of neonatal lethality and those that survive are sterile, growth retarded, lean and their livers express high levels of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP1). IGFBP1 binds and...
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