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SUBMITTER: Sharma A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3689986 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharma Amit A Diecke Sebastian S Zhang Wendy Y WY Lan Feng F He Chunjiang C Mordwinkin Nicholas M NM Chua Katrin F KF Wu Joseph C JC
The Journal of biological chemistry 20130507 25
Aging is known to be the single most important risk factor for multiple diseases. Sirtuin 6, or SIRT6, has recently been identified as a critical regulator of transcription, genome stability, telomere integrity, DNA repair, and metabolic homeostasis. A knockout mouse model of SIRT6 has displayed dramatic phenotypes of accelerated aging. In keeping with its role in aging, we demonstrated that human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) from older human subjects were more resistant to reprogramming by classic ...[more]