An adipocyte light-Opsin 3 pathway regulates the circadian clock and energy balance.
Shruti Vemaraju, Gowri Nayak, Ethan D. Buhr, Yoshinobu Odaka, Kevin X. Zhang, Julie A Mocko, April N. Smith, Brian A. Upton, Jesse J. Zhan, Vishnupriya J. Borra, Elise Bernhard, Kazutoshi Murakami, Minh-Thanh Nguyen, Shannon A. Gordon, Gang Wu, , Richard A. Lang
This study identifies a light-OPN3 pathway in adipocytes that regulates circadian rhythms, energy balance, and thermogenesis in mice.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2018 · PreprintPhysiology