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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2016

Circadian Clocks, Stress, and Immunity.

Rebecca Dumbell, Olga Matveeva, Henrik Oster

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Peripheral clocks and systemicFrontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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  15. Influence of envenomation timing on peripheral immune and oxidative responses in experimental scorpion envenomation.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2025
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  17. Interplay Between the Circadian Clock and Sirtuins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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2 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca DumbellChronophysiology Group, Medical Department I, University of Lübeck , Lübeck , Germany.
Olga MatveevaChronophysiology Group, Medical Department I, University of Lübeck , Lübeck , Germany.
Henrik OsterChronophysiology Group, Medical Department I, University of Lübeck , Lübeck , Germany.
University of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In mammals, molecular circadian clocks are present in most cells of the body, and this circadian network plays an important role in synchronizing physiological processes and behaviors to the appropriate time of day. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal endocrine axis regulates the response to acute and chronic stress, acting through its final effectors - glucocorticoids - released from the adrenal cortex. Glucocorticoid secretion, characterized by its circadian rhythm, has an important role in synchronizing peripheral clocks and rhythms downstream of the master circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Finally, glucocorticoids are powerfully anti-inflammatory, and recent work has implicated the circadian clock in various aspects and cells of the immune system, suggesting a tight interplay of stress and circadian systems in the regulation of immunity. This mini-review summarizes our current understanding of the role of the circadian clock network in both the HPA axis and the immune system, and discusses their interactions.

Indexed as

circadian clockglucocorticoidsHPA axisimmune systemstress

Identifiers

PMID27199894
PMCPMC4852176
OpenAlexW2343818200

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