“…SIRT1 is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)‐dependent deacetylase that catalyzes the removal of acetyl groups from lysine residues on histone proteins, resulting in gene silencing (Braunstein, Rose, Holmes, Allis, & Broach, 1993; Imai, Armstrong, Kaeberlein, & Guarente, 2000; Tanny, Dowd, Huang, Hilz, & Moazed, 1999). SIRT1 also deacetylates transcription factors including PGC1α, which induces mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (Lagouge et al, 2006), p53, which promotes cell survival (Luo et al, 2001; Vaziri et al, 2001) and triggers adaptation to calorie restriction with its accompanying stress resistance (Guarente, 2013). Through these actions, SIRT1 functions to maintain cellular homeostasis and thereby prevent age‐related pathological changes.…”