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ArticleScientific reports2019

Circadian regulation in human white adipose tissue revealed by transcriptome and metabolic network analysis.

Skevoulla Christou, Sophie M T Wehrens, Cheryl Isherwood, Carla S Möller-Levet, Huihai Wu, Victoria L Revell, Giselda Bucca, Debra J Skene, Emma E Laing, Simon N Archer and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03906409 (Effect of Nutrient Delivery Pattern on Biological Rhythms in Human Skeletal Muscle), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03906409 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Nutrient Delivery Pattern on Biological Rhythms in Human Skeletal Muscle

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of BathRan2019 to 2022Enrolled18ConditionsCircadian Rhythms, Feeding PatternsArmsConstant, Bolus
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Peripheral clocks and systemicFrontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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  14. Time of day determines postexercise metabolism in mouse adipose tissue.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  20. Nutrient timing and metabolic regulation.The Journal of physiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Skevoulla ChristouFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3906-2757
Sophie M T WehrensFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Cheryl IsherwoodFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Carla S Möller-LevetBioinformatics Facility, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5409-7512
Huihai WuBioinformatics Facility, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Victoria L RevellFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Giselda BuccaFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5286-7771
Debra J SkeneFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8202-6180
Emma E LaingFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2095-2442
Simon N ArcherFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Jonathan D JohnstonFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. j.johnston@surrey.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8083-9794
University of Surrey · GBBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I008470/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J014451/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studying circadian rhythms in most human tissues is hampered by difficulty in collecting serial samples. Here we reveal circadian rhythms in the transcriptome and metabolic pathways of human white adipose tissue. Subcutaneous adipose tissue was taken from seven healthy males under highly controlled 'constant routine' conditions. Five biopsies per participant were taken at six-hourly intervals for microarray analysis and in silico integrative metabolic modelling. We identified 837 transcripts exhibiting circadian expression profiles (2% of 41619 transcript targeting probes on the array), with clear separation of transcripts peaking in the morning (258 probes) and evening (579 probes). There was only partial overlap of our rhythmic transcripts with published animal adipose and human blood transcriptome data. Morning-peaking transcripts associated with regulation of gene expression, nitrogen compound metabolism, and nucleic acid biology; evening-peaking transcripts associated with organic acid metabolism, cofactor metabolism and redox activity. In silico pathway analysis further indicated circadian regulation of lipid and nucleic acid metabolism; it also predicted circadian variation in key metabolic pathways such as the citric acid cycle and branched chain amino acid degradation. In summary, in vivo circadian rhythms exist in multiple adipose metabolic pathways, including those involved in lipid metabolism, and core aspects of cellular biochemistry.

Indexed as

Circadian RhythmEnergy MetabolismGene Expression RegulationMetabolic Networks and PathwaysTranscriptomeAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsCircadian ClocksComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingHumans

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PMID30804433
PMCPMC6389935
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