Molecular regulations of circadian rhythm and implications for physiology and diseases

F Fagiani, D Di Marino, A Romagnoli… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The term “circadian rhythms” describes endogenous oscillations with ca. 24-h period
associated with the earth's daily rotation and light/dark cycle. Such rhythms reflect the …

Interplay between circadian clock and cancer: new frontiers for cancer treatment

G Sulli, MTY Lam, S Panda - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Circadian clocks constitute the evolutionary molecular machinery that dictates the temporal
regulation of physiology to maintain homeostasis. Disruption of the circadian rhythm plays a …

Circadian regulator BMAL1:: CLOCK promotes cell proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma by controlling apoptosis and cell cycle

M Qu, G Zhang, H Qu, A Vu, R Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a global health challenge whose incidence is
growing worldwide. Previous evidence strongly supported the notion that the circadian clock …

Daytime variation of perioperative myocardial injury in cardiac surgery and its prevention by Rev-Erbα antagonism: a single-centre propensity-matched cohort study …

D Montaigne, X Marechal, T Modine, A Coisne… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background On-pump cardiac surgery provokes a predictable perioperative myocardial
ischaemia–reperfusion injury which is associated with poor clinical outcomes. We …

Circadian disruption promotes tumor-immune microenvironment remodeling favoring tumor cell proliferation

I Aiello, MLM Fedele, F Román, L Marpegan… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Circadian disruption negatively affects physiology, posing a global health threat that
manifests in proliferative, metabolic, and immune diseases, among others. Because outputs …

Systems chronotherapeutics

A Ballesta, PF Innominato, R Dallmann, DA Rand… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chronotherapeutics aim at treating illnesses according to the endogenous biologic rhythms,
which moderate xenobiotic metabolism and cellular drug response. The molecular clocks …

Circadian rhythms and astrocytes: the good, the bad, and the ugly

MH Hastings, M Brancaccio… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This review explores the interface between circadian timekeeping and the regulation of
brain function by astrocytes. Although astrocytes regulate neuronal activity across many time …

Light pollution and cancer

WH Walker, JR Bumgarner, JC Walton, JA Liu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
For many individuals in industrialized nations, the widespread adoption of electric lighting
has dramatically affected the circadian organization of physiology and behavior. Although …

Retinoid-related orphan receptors (RORs): critical roles in development, immunity, circadian rhythm, and cellular metabolism

AM Jetten - Nuclear receptor signaling, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The last few years have witnessed a rapid increase in our knowledge of the retinoid-related
orphan receptors RORα,-β, and-γ (NR1F1-3), their mechanism of action, physiological …

Metabolic rivalry: circadian homeostasis and tumorigenesis

K Kinouchi, P Sassone-Corsi - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Circadian rhythms govern a large array of physiological and metabolic functions.
Perturbations of the daily cycle have been linked to elevated risk of developing cancer as …