Disruption of the Circadian Clock in Mice Increases Intestinal Permeability and Promotes Alcohol-Induced Hepatic Pathology and Inflammation.

The circadian clock orchestrates temporal patterns of physiology and behavior relative to the environmental light:dark cycle by generating and organizing transcriptional and biochemical rhythms in cells and tissues throughout the body. Circadian clock genes have been shown to regulate the physiology...

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Main Authors: Keith C Summa, Robin M Voigt, Christopher B Forsyth, Maliha Shaikh, Kate Cavanaugh, Yueming Tang, Martha Hotz Vitaterna, Shiwen Song, Fred W Turek, Ali Keshavarzian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688973?pdf=render