Open AccessA local circadian clock calls time on lung inflammation
Author(s) -
A. A. Roger Thompson,
Sarah R. Walmsley,
Moira K. B. Whyte
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nature medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.536
H-Index - 547
eISSN - 1546-170X
pISSN - 1078-8956
DOI - 10.1038/nm.3649
Subject(s) - circadian rhythm , circadian clock , inflammation , systemic inflammation , biology , medicine , immunology , neuroscience
Inflammatory diseases typically display circadian variation in symptom severity. A new study in mice shows how a pulmonary epithelial cell clock controls neutrophil recruitment to the lungs and provides insight into interactions between local and systemic circadian clocks.
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