Research Article

Deletion of Bmal1 Impairs Pancreatic β-Cell Function via Mitochondrial Signaling Pathway

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Bmal1 deficiency in β-cells altered core genes related to mitochondrial dynamics. Bmal1, mitofusin 1, mitofusin 2, and fission 1 mRNA were analyzed by qPCR. Expression levels were normalized to GAPDH mRNA, and each bar represents the of 3 individual experiments. NC: normal control group; siRNA-NC: INS-1 cells treated with negative control siRNA; siRNA-Bmal1: INS-1 cells treated with Bmal1 siRNA. A value < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant. , , and .