Time of day as a critical variable in biology

RJ Nelson, JR Bumgarner, JA Liu, JA Love… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Circadian rhythms are important for all aspects of biology; virtually every aspect
of biological function varies according to time of day. Although this is well known, variation …

Effect of circadian rhythm disturbance on the human musculoskeletal system and the importance of nutritional strategies

N Juliana, L Azmi, NM Effendy, NI Mohd Fahmi Teng… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The circadian system in the human body responds to daily environmental changes to
optimise behaviour according to the biological clock and also influences various …

Researchers need to better address time-of-day as a critical biological variable

RJ Nelson, AC DeVries, BJ Prendergast - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Nearly all physiological and behavioral processes display daily rhythms driven by
endogenous circadian clocks—molecular representations of the external solar day …

Clocks, rhythms, sex, and hearts: How disrupted circadian rhythms, time-of-day, and sex influence cardiovascular health

OH Meléndez-Fernández, JC Walton, AC DeVries… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular diseases are the top cause of mortality in the United States, and ischemic
heart disease accounts for 16% of all deaths around the world. Modifiable risk factors such …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and mental illness: Mechanisms linking mood, metabolism and medicines

A Gangopadhyay, R Ibrahim, K Theberge… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease
in the world and one of the leading indications for liver transplantation. It is one of the many …

Using routinely collected clinical data for circadian medicine: A review of opportunities and challenges

L Kervezee, HS Dashti, LK Pilz, C Skarke… - PLOS digital …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A wealth of data is available from electronic health records (EHR) that are collected as part
of routine clinical care in hospitals worldwide. These rich, longitudinal data offer an attractive …

Recent advances in circadian-regulated pharmacokinetics and its implications for chronotherapy

F Yu, Y Liu, R Zhang, L Zhu, T Zhang, Y Shi - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Dependence of pharmacokinetics and drug effects (efficacy and toxicity) on dosing time has
long been recognized. However, significant progress has only recently been made in our …

Chronobiology and chronotherapy in inflammatory joint diseases

F Ursini, A De Giorgi, M D'Onghia, R De Giorgio… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Circadian rhythm perturbations can impact the evolution of different conditions, including
autoimmune diseases. This narrative review summarizes the current understanding of …

Systems and circuits linking chronic pain and circadian rhythms

AE Warfield, JF Prather, WD Todd - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research over the last 20 years regarding the link between circadian rhythms and chronic
pain pathology has suggested interconnected mechanisms that are not fully understood …

Time-dependent differences in vancomycin sensitivity of macrophages underlie vancomycin-induced acute kidney injury

Y Yoshida, T Fukuda, K Fukuoka, T Nagayama… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2024 - ASPET
Although vancomycin (VCM)—frequently used to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections—
often induces acute kidney injury (AKI), discontinuation of the drug is the only effective …