“…This protective effect has not been shown for other sirtuins (Dillin & Kelly, 2007) which, as occurs with the sirtuin 2, may even promote the cell death in animal models of PD (Outeiro et al ., 2007). Other agents that could be useful for modulating both aging and PD are the insulin growth factors (Mattson et al ., 2004; de Cabo et al ., 2014; Numao et al ., 2014), spermidine (Pucciarelli et al ., 2012; De La Hera et al ., 2013), metformin (Patil et al ., 2014), and rapamycin (Malagelada et al ., 2010; Liu et al ., 2013). …”