Sirtuin-6 Preserves R-spondin-1 Expression and increases Resistance of intestinal Epithelium to injury in Mice

Abstract Sirtuin-6 (Sirt6) is a critical epigenetic regulator, but its function in the gut is unknown. Here, we studied the role of intestinal epithelial Sirt6 in colitis-associated intestinal epithelial injury. We found that Sirt6, which is predominantly expressed in epithelial cells in intestinal...

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Main Authors: Fangyi Liu, Heng-Fu Bu, Hua Geng, Isabelle G. De Plaen, Chao Gao, Peng Wang, Xiao Wang, Jacob A. Kurowski, Hong Yang, Jiaming Qian, Xiao-Di Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Molecular Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.2119/molmed.2017.00085