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Nature Genetics 37, 349–350 (1 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/ng1534

Resveratrol rescues mutant polyglutamine cytotoxicity in nematode and mammalian neurons

J Alex Parker , Margarita Arango , Salima Abderrahmane , Emmanuel Lambert , Cendrine Tourette , H|[eacute]|l|[egrave]|ne Catoire & Christian N|[eacute]|ri

We report that Sir2 activation through increased sir-2.1 dosage or treatment with the sirtuin activator resveratrol specifically rescued early neuronal dysfunction phenotypes induced by mutant polyglutamines in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans. These effects are dependent on daf-16 (Forkhead).