Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

REV-ERBα integrates colon clock with experimental colitis through regulation of NF-κB/NLRP3 axis

  • Shuai Wang,
  • Yanke Lin,
  • Xue Yuan,
  • Feng Li,
  • Lianxia Guo,
  • Baojian Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06568-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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REV-ERBα is a nuclear receptor that links the circadian pathways with those of metabolism. Here the authors show REV-ERBα is also involved with linking the circadian system with the inflammatory pathways of an experimental model of colitis through regulation of the NF-κB/NLRP3 axis.