Microbiota keep the intestinal clock ticking

Jorge Henao-Mejia; Till Strowig; Richard A Flavell

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.043

Microbiota keep the intestinal clock ticking

Cell. 2013 May 9;153(4):741-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.043.

Authors

Jorge Henao-Mejia¹, Till Strowig, Richard A Flavell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

PMID: 23663774
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.043

Abstract

Daily metabolic patterns are regulated in a circadian manner often via the hypothalamic axis. Mukherji et al. now report a surprising role for commensal bacteria in the circadian regulation of glucocorticoid production by intestinal epithelial cells.

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Grants and funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States