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To test this, we compared liver circadian transcriptome profiles (with sampling at 4-h intervals) between adiponectin-deficient (ADQ-KO) and wild-type (ADQ-WT) mice. Adiponectin loss led to tonic (i.e. time-independent) transcriptional changes in the liver with 1,393 differentially expressed genes (518 up- and 875 downregulated). These included upregulation of chromatin and RNA processing pathways and downregulation of immune and mitochondrial metabolic genes. At the same time, circadian analysis identified a marked reprogramming of transcriptome rhythms in ADQ-KO livers with changes in MESOR (n = 3,369 transcripts), amplitude (n = 386), and phase of gene expression (n = 603). Genes associated with mitochondrial respiration and fatty acid metabolism showed reduced rhythm amplitude and MESOR, whereas glycolytic genes exhibited increased MESOR. 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