Mvunta DH
ORCID: 0000-0003-1729-9523
· 3 papers in corpus
Survivin belongs to the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family and is encoded by the baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing, or BIRC5, gene. It is preferentially expressed in cancers with functional complexity in cell sig…
Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), originally identified as a longevity gene, regulates DNA repair and metabolism by deacetylating target proteins such as p53. SIRT1 plays a key role in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative disord…
BackgroundSIRT1 is a longevity gene that forestalls aging and age-related diseases including cancer, and has recently attracted widespread attention due to its overexpression in some cancers. We previously identified the overexpression of S…