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ReviewJournal of clinical gastroenterology

Disruption of Circadian Rhythms and Gut Motility: An Overview of Underlying Mechanisms and Associated Pathologies.

Henri Duboc, Benoit Coffin, Laurent Siproudhis

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Review in Journal of clinical gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Work-Influenced Circadian Disruption Connected to Disease Risk but Not Microbiomes in a Cohort of Philadelphia Nurses.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026
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  6. Beyond Chronic Stress: Daily Stress Is Associated With Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026
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  12. Expression of gastrointestinal clock genes and associated hormones levels in hibernating and non-hibernating Daurian ground squirrels.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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  15. Circadian regulation of gastrointestinal motility and the effect on disorders of gut-brain interaction.Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi · 2026
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  18. Gastrointestinal Symptoms and the Assessment of Diet in Shift Workers: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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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.

Henri DubocAP-HP Hospital Louis Mourier, Colombes.
Benoit CoffinAP-HP Hospital Louis Mourier, Colombes.
Laurent SiproudhisCHU de Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Rennes, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian rhythms ensure that physiological processes occur at the most biologically meaningful time. The circadian timing in the gastrointestinal tract involves interlocking transcriptional and translational feedback loops that culminate in the rhythmic expression and activity of a set of clock genes and related hormones. The suprachiasmatic nucleus and peripheral core molecular clocks oscillate every 24 hours and are responsible for the periodic activity of various segments and transit along the gastrointestinal tract. Environmental cues may alter or reset these rhythms to align them with new circumstances. Colonic motility also follows a circadian rhythm with reduced nocturnal activity. Healthy humans have normal bowel motility during the day, frequently following awakening or following a meal, with minimal activity during the night. Maladjusted circadian rhythms in the bowel have been linked to digestive pathologies, including constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. Our advanced knowledge of the link between the circadian clock and gastrointestinal physiology provides potential therapeutic approaches for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. This review seeks to establish evidence for the correlation between circadian rhythm, bowel movements and digestive health, and examine the implications of disrupted circadian rhythms on gut physiology.

Indexed as

Circadian RhythmGastrointestinal DiseasesGastrointestinal MotilityHumansSuprachiasmatic Nucleus

Identifiers

PMID32134798
PMCPMC7147411

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