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. 2012 Oct 5;124(Pt 3):153–164. doi: 10.1042/CS20120190

Figure 4. Renoprotective effects of SIRT1.

Figure 4

SIRT1 exerts renoprotective effects by conferring resistance to cellular stresses such as hypoxia, reducing interstitial fibrosis, inhibiting tubular and glomerular cell apoptosis and inflammation, inducing autophagy, and regulating Na+-handling, blood pressure and renal lipid metabolism.