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SUBMITTER: Simic P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3598082 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simic Petra P Zainabadi Kayvan K Bell Eric E Sykes David B DB Saez Borja B Lotinun Sutada S Baron Roland R Scadden David D Schipani Ernestina E Guarente Leonard L
EMBO molecular medicine 20130130 3
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multi-potent cells that can differentiate into osteoblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes and myocytes. This potential declines with aging. We investigated whether the sirtuin SIRT1 had a function in MSCs by creating MSC specific SIRT1 knock-out (MSCKO) mice. Aged MSCKO mice (2.2 years old) showed defects in tissues derived from MSCs; i.e. a reduction in subcutaneous fat, cortical bone thickness and trabecular volume. Young mice showed related but less pronounced eff ...[more]