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November 2020 in “EBioMedicine” This study reports a novel diagnostic method for latent circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder using circadian gene oscillations from hair follicle cells to improve sleep disorder differentiation and potential therapeutic intervention.
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June 2015 in “Journal of circadian rhythms” This study found that extreme morning and evening chronotypes exhibited significant differences in the timing of circadian clock gene expression in hair follicle cells.
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August 2010 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study reports a less invasive method for detecting human clock gene expression using hair follicle cells, which accurately reflects individual behavioral rhythms and suggests a time lag issue for rotating shift workers.
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June 2016 in “Hypertension research” The authors concluded that utilizing clock gene expression from hair follicle cells may improve circadian-phase estimation in clinical settings, aiding the detection of circadian-related sleep problems despite social time constraints.
This study is designed to explore how circadian rhythms are affected by obesity and mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, using biological and lifestyle data from independently living adults.