University of Geneva Medical School 1 article published in JoVE Genetics Parallel Measurement of Circadian Clock Gene Expression and Hormone Secretion in Human Primary Cell Cultures Volodymyr Petrenko*1, Camille Saini*2, Laurent Perrin*1, Charna Dibner1 1Department of Medical Specialties, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), 2Population Epidemiology Unit (UEP), Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospital Here, we describe settings to monitor in parallel circadian bioluminescence and the secretory activity of human islet cells and primary myotubes. For this, we employed lentiviral gene delivery of a luciferase core clock reporter, followed by in vitro synchronization and collection of outflow medium by continuous cell perifusion.
