ReviewMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2012
Circadian rhythm disruption in cancer biology.
Review in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07262593 (Family-Based Meal Timing for Cancer Prevention Among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders), which is not on this map. Cited by 170 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Family-Based Meal Timing for Cancer Prevention Among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders: FAMTIME
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170 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Sleep duration and health outcomes: an umbrella review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Pooled it
- Period Family of Clock Genes as Novel Predictors of Survival in Human Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Disease markers · 2020Pooled it
- Does the association of prostate cancer with night-shift work differ according to rotating vs. fixed schedule? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2018Pooled it
- Arrhythmic expression signatures of circadian clock-associated transcription factors and chronic circadian disruption contribute to advanced prostate cancer growth.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Circadian rhythm in immunotherapy and cellular therapy: impacts on the tumor microenvironment.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2026Review
- Sleep midpoint, social jetlag, and cancer risk in the Cancer Prevention Study-3.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Potential Risk Factors and Therapeutic Targets for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Identified Through Mendelian Randomization Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- A novel H2A-A127 variant is associated with human cancer and enhances tumor-related phenotypes inFrontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Nanomaterial-enabled drug delivery systems for circadian medicine: bridging direct rhythm modulation and chronotherapy.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Subtle alteration in transcriptional memory governs the lineage-level cell cycle duration heterogeneities of mammalian cells.iScience · 2025Article
- Multifaceted roles of melatonin in oncology: an insight into its therapeutic potential in cancer management.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Review
- Transcription of Clock Genes in Medulloblastoma.Cancers · 2025Article
- Improved jet lag recovery is associated with a weaker molecular biological clock response around the time of expected activity onset.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Bidirectional crosstalk between sleep disorders and gynecological cancers: unraveling molecular synergies and precision therapeutics.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- The Common Hallmarks and Interconnected Pathways of Aging, Circadian Rhythms, and Cancer: Implications for Therapeutic Strategies.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Review
- Circadian genes and non-coding RNAs: interactions and implications in cancer.Animal cells and systems · 2025Review
- Circadian system and aging: where both times interact.Frontiers in aging · 2025Review
110 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Circadian rhythms show universally a 24-h oscillation pattern in metabolic, physiological and behavioral functions of almost all species. This pattern is due to a fundamental adaptation to the rotation of Earth around its own axis. Molecular mechanisms of generation of circadian rhythms organize a biochemical network in suprachiasmatic nucleus and peripheral tissues, building cell autonomous clock pacemakers. Rhythmicity is observed in transcriptional expression of a wide range of clock-controlled genes that regulate a variety of normal cell functions, such as cell division and proliferation. Desynchrony of this rhythmicity seems to be implicated in several pathologic conditions, including tumorigenesis and progression of cancer. In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) categorized "shiftwork that involves circadian disruption [as] probably carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2A in the IARC classification system of carcinogenic potency of an agentagent) (Painting, Firefighting, and Shiftwork; IARC; 2007). This review discusses the potential relation between disruptions of normal circadian rhythms with genetic driving machinery of cancer. Elucidation of the role of clockwork disruption, such as exposure to light at night and sleep disruption, in cancer biology could be important in developing new targeted anticancer therapies, optimizing individualized chronotherapy and modifying lighting environment in workplaces or homes.
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