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Autophagy and circadian rhythms: interactions and clinical implications

TIANKAI DI^1,2,#, ZHIFEI ZHOU^3,#, FEN LIU^4,#, YUJIANG CHEN^5,*, LULU WANG^1,*

1 State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, China
2 Department of Stomatology, The 969th Hospital, Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Hohhot, 010000, China
3 Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of Tibetan Military Command, Lhasa, 850000, China
4 Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710000, China
5 Department of Neurobiology and Institute of Neurosciences, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, China

* Corresponding Authors: YUJIANG CHEN. Email: ; LULU WANG. Email:
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