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Functional sequence variants within the SIRT1 gene promoter in indirect inguinal hernia.
Gene - 1 Aug 2014
Han Qingluan, Zhang Yu, Li Wei, Fan Hongjin, Xing Qining, Pang Shuchao, Yan Bo
Abstract excerpt
Inguinal hernia is a common surgical disease, for which genetic factors have been suggested to play a role. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), a highly conserved NAD-dependent class III deacetylase, has been implicated in human diseases. Since SIRT1 regulates differentiation and proliferation of human skeletal muscles and fibroblasts, we speculated that misregulation of SIRT1 gene, caused by DNA sequence variants (DSVs) within...
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