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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.
January 2024 in “Diabetes & metabolism journal” This review explored how the circadian system might influence diabetes development and management, highlighting mismatches like disrupted sleep-wake cycles and gene mutations that could worsen diabetes, and suggests targeting these for future diabetes prevention and treatment strategies.
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May 1990 in “The EMBO Journal” Mice with extra sheep genes had hair that fell out and regrew in cycles.
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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.
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April 2013 in “SpringerPlus” This study reports that melanocytes form a defined photoresponsive network in the skin that reads environmental light cycles and may influence the sleep-waking cycle similar to the pineal gland.