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ArticleScientific reports2018

SIRT1, miR-132 and miR-212 link human longevity to Alzheimer's Disease.

A Hadar, E Milanesi, M Walczak, M Puzianowska-Kuźnicka, J Kuźnicki, A Squassina, P Niola, C Chillotti, J Attems, I Gozes and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

A HadarDepartment of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel.
E MilanesiDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania.
M WalczakInstitute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
M Puzianowska-KuźnickaDepartment of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland.
J KuźnickiThe International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
A SquassinaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7415-7607
P NiolaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
C ChillottiUnit of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
J AttemsInstitute of Neuroscience and Newcastle University Institute of Ageing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
I GozesDepartment of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel. igozes@post.tau.ac.il.
D GurwitzDepartment of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel. gurwitz@post.tau.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0002-9363-1869
Tel Aviv University · ILUniversity of Cagliari · ITInstitutul National Victor Babes · ROInternational Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology · PLNewcastle University · GBPolish Academy of Sciences · PLPostgraduate School of Molecular Medicine · PL

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400074Medical Research Council G0502157Medical Research Council G0900652Medical Research Council G1100540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Centenarians - reaching the age of >100 years while maintaining good cognitive skills - seemingly have unique biological features allowing healthy aging and protection from dementia. Here, we studied the expression of SIRT1 along with miR-132 and miR-212, two microRNAs known to regulate SIRT1, in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from 45 healthy donors aged 21 to 105 years and 24 AD patients, and in postmortem olfactory bulb and hippocampus tissues from 14 AD patients and 20 age-matched non-demented individuals. We observed 4.0-fold (P = 0.001) lower expression of SIRT1, and correspondingly higher expression of miR-132 (1.7-fold; P = 0.014) and miR-212 (2.1-fold; P = 0.036), in LCLs from AD patients compared with age-matched healthy controls. Additionally, SIRT1 expression was 2.2-fold (P = 0.001) higher in centenarian LCLs compared with LCLs from individuals aged 56-82 years; while centenarian LCLs miR-132 and miR-212 indicated 7.6-fold and 4.1-fold lower expression, respectively. Correlations of SIRT1, miR-132 and miR-212 expression with cognitive scores were observed for AD patient-derived LCLs and postmortem AD olfactory bulb and hippocampus tissues, suggesting that higher SIRT1 expression, possibly mediated by lower miR-132 and miR-212, may protect aged individuals from dementia and is reflected in their peripheral tissues.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseB-LymphocytesCase-Control StudiesFemaleHippocampusHumansLongevityMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedOlfactory BulbSirtuin 1Young AdultMicroRNAsMIRN132 microRNA, humanMIRN212 microRNA, humanSirtuin 1

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PMID29855513
PMCPMC5981646
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