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Chronic jet lag leads to human liver cancer in a mouse model

February 6, 2024 carcinogen, circadian rhythm, circadian rhythm disruption, jetlag, liver cancer, Research

This study shows that circadian influences in cancer cannot be underestimated – chronic circadian dysfunction is a human carcinogen

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SRC-3 is a key regulator of the 12-hour clock

March 10, 2022 12-hour biological clock, chronotherapeutics, circadian rhythm, circatidal rhythm, Research, SRC-3, tides, XBP1

Altered 12-hour cycles have been associated with human diseases and hundreds of genes have been identified that are activated in 12-hour cycles.

From The Labs

A 12-hour biological clock coordinates essential bodily functions

August 31, 2017 12-hour biological clock, Biological clocks, circadian rhythm, circatidal rhythm, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, Research

It’s not a good idea to disturb the circadian rhythm on a regular basis. For instance, experimental evidence shows that night-shift workers who periodically change

From The Labs

Timing exercise with muscle fuel switching could help you lose weight

February 28, 2017 circadiam rhythm, circadian rhythm, Diabetes, exercise endurance, gucose metabolism, HDAC3, lipid metabolism, Muscle fuel switch

Skeletal muscles change their fuel preference according to a circadian rhythm. Mouse muscles, for instance, use glucose as fuel when the animals are awake and

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Out of sync, out of health: Social jet-lag linked to liver cancer in mice

February 14, 2017 bile acids, CAR gene, circadiam rhythm, circadian disruption, circadian rhythm, liver cancer, social jet lag

Our bodies are in sync with the planet’s day-and-night cycle thanks to an internal timekeeper, the circadian clock that regulates practically all the functions of