Enlightening the adrenal gland |
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Authors: | Schibler Ueli Brown Steven A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Biology and NCCR Frontiers of Genetics, Sciences III, University of Geneva, 30, Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva-4, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | The secretion of glucocorticoid hormones is tightly regulated by the circadian clock and by negative humoral feedback loops, both acting on the hypothalamic-pituitary gland-adrenal axis. However, a new study Ishida et al., 2005 [this issue of Cell Metabolism) shows that light can influence the adrenal's glucocorticoid output by a more direct pathway. |
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