Reprogramming of rhythmic liver metabolism by intestine clock

To assess potential impact of intestine clock on the rhythmicity of peripheral tissues (liver, kidney and WAT), mice with Bmal1 specifically deleted in the intestine (Bmal1-iKO mice, showing loss of clock function in the intestine) were generated. We collected liver, kidney and WAT samples from Bmal1-iKO and control (Bmal1-flox) mice every 4 hours throughout a light/dark cycle, and subsequently performed transcriptomic analyses. Comparative gene expression profiling analysis of RNA-seq data for Bmal1-iKO and Bmal1-flox mice.