Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Circadian lipid and hepatic protein rhythms shift with a phase response curve different than melatonin

  • Brianne A. Kent,
  • Shadab A. Rahman,
  • Melissa A. St. Hilaire,
  • Leilah K. Grant,
  • Melanie Rüger,
  • Charles A. Czeisler,
  • Steven W. Lockley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28308-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A key property of circadian rhythms is that they can be reset in response to environmental time cues; this response is described by a Phase Response Curve (PRC). Here the authors describe PRCs for resetting circadian rhythms in lipids and hepatic proteins in response to combined light and food exposure.