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Insufficient sleep alters the phase and waveform of circadian gene expression, narrowing the window of peak expression for night-active genes and shifting the timing of immune and metabolic gene clusters.

Sleep restriction doesn't just reduce the amount of 'good' gene expression; it changes WHEN those genes are active. This misalignment can disrupt the timing of immune responses and metabolism, potentially contributing to health issues even if total sleep time is recovered later.

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Thus, a further effect of sleep restriction was to narrow the window of circadian gene expression and to increase the temporal separation of clusters 4 and 5...
Carla S. Möller‐Levet et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013

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Effects of insufficient sleep on circadian rhythmicity and expression amplitude of the human blood transcriptome

Carla S. Möller‐Levet et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1217154110

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