Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Angptl8 mediates food-driven resetting of hepatic circadian clock in mice

  • Siyu Chen,
  • Mengyang Feng,
  • Shiyao Zhang,
  • Zhewen Dong,
  • Yifan Wang,
  • Wenxiang Zhang,
  • Chang Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11513-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The circadian clock regulates rhythms of behavior and physiology and the timing of circadian rhythms in liver is influenced by food intake. Here, the authors identify the hepatokine Angptl8 as a mediator of liver clock food entrainment.