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ReviewEndocrine reviews2015

Circadian metabolism in the light of evolution.

Zachary Gerhart-Hines, Mitchell A Lazar

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In one paragraph

Review in Endocrine reviews, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03647306 (Behavioral Chronotype), which is not on this map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03647306 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Behavioral Chronotype: Impact on Sleep and Metabolism

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ChicagoRan2018 to 2027Enrolled200ConditionsType2 Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular DiseasesArmsEarly Total Caloric Intake, Late Total Caloric Intake, Extended Overnight Fast
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Lack of GPNMB Is Associated With Altered Lipid and Glucose Metabolism and Disrupted Diurnal Hepatic Glycogen Regulation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  16. HIF1α mediates circadian regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism and substrate preference in response to time-of-day exercise.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zachary Gerhart-HinesSection for Metabolic Receptology (Z.G.-H.), Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (M.A.L.), Department of Medicine, Department of Genetics, and The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
Mitchell A LazarSection for Metabolic Receptology (Z.G.-H.), Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (M.A.L.), Department of Medicine, Department of Genetics, and The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Funding

REV-ERB Nuclear Receptors in Circadian Rhythm and MetabolismR01DK045586 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL A. LAZAR · 1992 to 2026
$12.0M
Transcriptional Control of Brown Adipose Metabolism by HDAC3F32DK095563 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GERHART-HINES, ZACHARY PHILIP · 2012 to 2013
$71k
NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK095563NIDDK NIH HHS F-32 DK095563-02NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK045586NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK45586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian rhythm, or daily oscillation, of behaviors and biological processes is a fundamental feature of mammalian physiology that has developed over hundreds of thousands of years under the continuous evolutionary pressure of energy conservation and efficiency. Evolution has fine-tuned the body's clock to anticipate and respond to numerous environmental cues in order to maintain homeostatic balance and promote survival. However, we now live in a society in which these classic circadian entrainment stimuli have been dramatically altered from the conditions under which the clock machinery was originally set. A bombardment of artificial lighting, heating, and cooling systems that maintain constant ambient temperature; sedentary lifestyle; and the availability of inexpensive, high-calorie foods has threatened even the most powerful and ancient circadian programming mechanisms. Such environmental changes have contributed to the recent staggering elevation in lifestyle-influenced pathologies, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression, obesity, and diabetes. This review scrutinizes the role of the body's internal clocks in the hard-wiring of circadian networks that have evolved to achieve energetic balance and adaptability, and it discusses potential therapeutic strategies to reset clock metabolic control to modern time for the benefit of human health.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionEnvironmentAnimalsBrainCircadian ClocksCircadian RhythmHumans

Identifiers

PMID25927923
PMCPMC4446517

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