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ReviewBiomolecules2018

A Review of the Recent Advances Made with SIRT6 and its Implications on Aging Related Processes, Major Human Diseases, and Possible Therapeutic Targets.

Rubayat Islam Khan, Saif Shahriar Rahman Nirzhor, Raushanara Akter

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Review in Biomolecules, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Rubayat Islam KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, BRAC University, 1212 Dhaka, Bangladesh. rubayat.khan@bracu.ac.bd.
Saif Shahriar Rahman NirzhorDepartment of Pharmacy, BRAC University, 1212 Dhaka, Bangladesh. saif.rahman@bracu.ac.bd.
Raushanara AkterDepartment of Pharmacy, BRAC University, 1212 Dhaka, Bangladesh. raushanara@bracu.ac.bd.
BRAC University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide⁺ (NAD⁺) dependent enzyme and stress response protein that has sparked the curiosity of many researchers in different branches of the biomedical sciences. A unique member of the known Sirtuin family, SIRT6 has several different functions in multiple different molecular pathways related to DNA repair, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, tumorigenesis, neurodegeneration, cardiac hypertrophic responses, and more. Only in recent times, however, did the potential usefulness of SIRT6 come to light as we learned more about its biochemical activity, regulation, biological roles, and structure Frye (2000). Even until very recently, SIRT6 was known more for chromatin signaling but, being a nascent topic of study, more information has been ascertained and its potential involvement in major human diseases including diabetes, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and heart disease. It is pivotal to explore the mechanistic workings of SIRT6 since future research may hold the key to engendering strategies involving SIRT6 that may have significant implications for human health and expand upon possible treatment options. In this review, we are primarily concerned with exploring the latest advances in understanding SIRT6 and how it can alter the course of several life-threatening diseases such as processes related to aging, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, heart disease, and diabetes (SIRT6 has also shown to be involved in liver disease, inflammation, and bone-related issues) and any recent promising pharmacological investigations or potential therapeutics that are of interest.

Indexed as

AgingChromatinDiabetes MellitusGene Expression RegulationHeart DiseasesHumansNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesSirtuinsSmall Molecule LibrariesStructure-Activity RelationshipChromatinSIRT6 protein, humanSirtuinsSmall Molecule LibrariesagingAlzheimer’s Diseasecancercardiac hypertrophydiabetesgluconeogenesisheart diseaseneurodegenerationneurodegenerative diseasespharmacological SIRT6 inhibitorSIRT6tumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID29966233
PMCPMC6164879
OpenAlexW2808508466

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Registered trials

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