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ReviewHandbook of experimental pharmacology2011

The role of mammalian sirtuins in the regulation of metabolism, aging, and longevity.

Akiko Satoh, Liana Stein, Shin Imai

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Review in Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
99citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
42.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Protein Acetylation and NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging Muscle.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  16. Cardiovascular aging: spotlight on mitochondria.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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  17. A secreted sirtuin fromScience advances · 2023
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  18. Pathomechanisms of Prenatally Programmed Adult Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akiko SatohDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Liana Stein
Shin Imai
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
THE ROLE OF DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS IN MAMMALIAN AGING AND LONGEVITYR01AG037457 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI IMAI, SHIN-ICHIRO · 2011 to 2020
$3.1M
MAMMALIAN SIR2 FUNCTION IN PANCREATIC BETA CELLSR01AG024150 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI IMAI, SHIN-ICHIRO · 2004 to 2012
$2.7M
Molecular Basis of Circadian Desynchrony in Cardiometabolic DiseaseR01HL097817 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BASS, JOSEPH, IMAI, SHIN-ICHIRO · 2009 to 2012
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL097817NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL097817NIA NIH HHS AG024150NIA NIH HHS R01 AG024150NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037457NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32GM007067-36NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ever since the discovery of sirtuins a decade ago, interest in this family of NAD-dependent deacetylases has exploded, generating multiple lines of evidence implicating sirtuins as evolutionarily conserved regulators of lifespan. In mammals, it has been established that sirtuins regulate physiological responses to metabolism and stress, two key factors that affect the process of aging. Further investigation into the intimate connection among sirtuins, metabolism, and aging has implicated the activation of SIRT1 as both preventative and therapeutic measures against multiple age-associated disorders including type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. SIRT1 activation has clear potential to not only prevent age-associated diseases but also to extend healthspan and perhaps lifespan. Sirtuin activating compounds and NAD intermediates are two promising ways to achieve these elusive goals.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceEnergy MetabolismLongevityAgingAnimalsEnzyme ActivationEnzyme ActivatorsHumansSirtuinsEnzyme ActivatorsSirtuins

Identifiers

PMID21879449
PMCPMC3745303
OpenAlexW1497372913

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