In a rat model, it was indicated that quercetin inhibited ER stress to attenuate oxidative stress-induced apoptosis and prevent the progression of osteoarthritis by activating the SIRT1/AMPK pathway in rat chondrocytes (209), and inhibited oxidative stress responses in diabetic high fat diet-induced atherosclerosis in the carotid artery of rats by modulating AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB pathway (160). The gene discussed is SIRT1; the disease is atherosclerosis.