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Reduced mitochondrial function in obesity-associated fatty liver: SIRT3 takes on the fat.
Aging - 1 Feb 2011
Choudhury Mahua, Jonscher Karen R, Friedman Jacob E
Abstract excerpt
Aging is associated with various metabolic disorders that may have their origin in the liver, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Although well-characterized in models of caloric restriction, relatively little is known about the role of sirtuins and acetylation under conditions of caloric excess. Sirtuins are NAD (+)-dependent protein deacetylases...
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