A broken circadian clock: The emerging neuro-immune link connecting depression to cancer

Autor: Keyu Su, Zaheer Ud Din, Bai Cui, Fei Peng, Yuzhao Zhou, Cenxin Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jinxin Lu, Huandong Luo, Bin He, Keith W. Kelley, Quentin Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, Vol 26, Iss , Pp 100533- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-3546
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100533
Popis: Circadian clocks orchestrate daily rhythms in many organisms and are essential for optimal health. Circadian rhythm disrupting events, such as jet-lag, shift-work, night-light exposure and clock gene alterations, give rise to pathologic conditions that include cancer and clinical depression. This review systemically describes the fundamental mechanisms of circadian clocks and the interacting relationships among a broken circadian clock, cancer and depression. We propose that this broken clock is an emerging link that connects depression and cancer development. Importantly, broken circadian clocks, cancer and depression form a vicious feedback loop that threatens systemic fitness. Arresting this harmful loop by restoring normal circadian rhythms is a potential therapeutic strategy for treating both cancer and depression.
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