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Silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) ameliorates liver fibrosis via promoting activated stellate cell apoptosis and reversion.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Dec 2015
Wu Yuting, Liu Xuejiao, Zhou Qun, Huang Cheng, Meng Xiaoming, Xu Fengyun, Li Jun
Abstract excerpt
SIRT1 (silent information regulator 1), a conserved NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase, is closely related with various biological processes. Moreover, the important role of SIRT1 in alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver and HCC had been widely reported. Recently, a novel role of SIRT1 was uncovered in organ fibrosis diseases. Here, we investigated the inhibitory effect of SIRT1 in liver fibrogenesis....
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