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Reply to Erren et al. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on “Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846”

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Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Laboratory of Digestion and Absorption, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Nutrients 2022, 14(2), 316; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020316
Submission received: 17 December 2021 / Accepted: 5 January 2022 / Published: 13 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrition, Circadian Disruption and Cardiometabolic Health)
We would like to thank Erren et al. for their interest in and comments on our recent paper “Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag” [1].
Erren et al. have commented that we provided a literature reference for the definition of chronodisruptors, but not for the definition of chronodisruption itself [2]. We agree with the authors that it is useful to add a reference concerning the origin of the definition of chronodisruption [3] in order to help scientists to learn about, challenge, falsify, or expand the increasingly used concept of chronodisruption.

Author Contributions

L.D. wrote the first draft that was then edited by T.T., R.M., K.V. and I.D. to reach the final version. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by an FWO-SB grant, grant number 1S27618N.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

  1. Desmet, L.; Thijs, T.; Mas, R.; Verbeke, K.; Depoortere, I. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  2. Erren, T.C.; Piekarski, C.; Reiter, R.J. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846. Nutrients 2022, 14, 315. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  3. Erren, T.C.; Reiter, R.J. Light, timing of biological rhythms, and chronodisruption in man. Naturwissenschaften 2003, 90, 485–494. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Desmet, L.; Thijs, T.; Mas, R.; Verbeke, K.; Depoortere, I. Reply to Erren et al. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on “Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846”. Nutrients 2022, 14, 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020316

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Desmet L, Thijs T, Mas R, Verbeke K, Depoortere I. Reply to Erren et al. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on “Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846”. Nutrients. 2022; 14(2):316. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020316

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Desmet, Louis, Theo Thijs, Rosalie Mas, Kristin Verbeke, and Inge Depoortere. 2022. "Reply to Erren et al. Chronodisruption: Origin, Roots, and Developments of an 18-Year-Old Concept. Comment on “Desmet et al. Time-Restricted Feeding in Mice Prevents the Disruption of the Peripheral Circadian Clocks and Its Metabolic Impact during Chronic Jetlag. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3846”" Nutrients 14, no. 2: 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020316

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