Effects of Bright Light Exposure During Daytime on Peripheral Clock Gene Expression in Humans

December 2016 in “ International journal of biometeorology ”

Maki Sato, Tomoko Wakamura, Takeshi Morita, Akihiko Okamoto, Makoto Akashi, Toshimitsu Matsui, Motohiko Sato

hair follicular cells root cells clock genes Per1 Per2 Per3 Cry1 Cry2 Rev-erb-a Nr1d1 Dec1 Rev-erb-ß Nr1d2 hair cells

Studysummary In this study, bright light exposure during the daytime did not significantly affect clock gene expression in humans, although Rev-erb-ß expression appeared stronger under bright light compared to dim light.

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