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Reprogramming metabolism by targeting sirtuin 6 attenuates retinal degeneration.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2016
Zhang Lijuan, Du Jianhai, Justus Sally, Hsu Chun-Wei, Bonet-Ponce Luis, Wu Wen-Hsuan, Tsai Yi-Ting, Wu Wei-Pu, Jia Yading, Duong Jimmy K, Mahajan Vinit B, Lin Chyuan-Sheng, Wang Shuang, Hurley James B, Tsang Stephen H
Abstract excerpt
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) encompasses a diverse group of Mendelian disorders leading to progressive degeneration of rods and then cones. For reasons that remain unclear, diseased RP photoreceptors begin to deteriorate, eventually leading to cell death and, consequently, loss of vision. Here, we have hypothesized that RP associated with mutations in phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) provokes a metabolic aberration in rod...
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