Melatonin in type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity

A Karamitri, R Jockers - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Despite considerable advances in the past few years, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) remain two major challenges for public health systems globally. In the past 9 years …

Melatonin: another avenue for treating osteoporosis?

T Li, S Jiang, C Lu, W Yang, Z Yang… - Journal of pineal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a signal molecule that modulates the biological circadian rhythms of
vertebrates. Melatonin deficiency is thought to be associated with several disorders …

Experimental and clinical aspects of melatonin and clock genes in diabetes

E Peschke, I Bähr, E Mühlbauer - Journal of pineal research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The pineal hormone melatonin influences insulin secretion, as well as glucagon and
somatostatin secretion, both in vivo and in vitro. These effects are mediated by two specific …

The melatonin receptor 1B gene links circadian rhythms and type 2 diabetes mellitus: An evolutionary story

H Zhu, Z Zhao, H Liu, J Cai, Q Lu, L Ji, J Xu - Annals of Medicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Disturbed circadian rhythms have been a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Melatonin is the major chronobiotic hormone regulating both circadian rhythm and glucose …

New insights into the function of melatonin and its role in metabolic disturbances

FGD Amaral, J Andrade-Silva… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Melatonin is a pineal hormone that has acquired several unique modes of
regulating the physiological effects in mammals due to its characteristic phylogenetic history …

Melatonin inhibits nucleus pulposus (NP) cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling via the melatonin membrane receptors mediated PI 3K‐Akt …

Z Li, X Li, C Chen, MTV Chan… - Journal of Pineal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pinealectomy in vertebrates accelerated intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD). However,
the potential mechanisms, particularly melatonin's role, are still to be clarified. In this study …

Identification of a Novel Strain Lactobacillus Reuteri and Anti-Obesity Effect through Metabolite Indole-3-Carboxaldehyde in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

S Shan, Q Qiao, R Yin, L Zhang, J Shi… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The potentially beneficial effects of probiotics in the treatment of obesity have been generally
demonstrated. In the present study, a new strain of Lactobacillus reuteri SY523 (L. reuteri …

Melatonin uptake by cells: an answer to its relationship with glucose?

JC Mayo, A Aguado, R Cernuda-Cernuda… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Melatonin, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is an indole mainly synthesized from tryptophan in
the pineal gland and secreted exclusively during the night in all the animals reported to date …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin stimulates STAR expression and progesterone production via activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway in bovine theca cells

X Wang, K Meng, Y He, H Wang, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Melatonin is present in mammalian follicular fluid and plays an important role in regulating
steroidogenesis in follicular cells. In this study, we report the effect of melatonin on …

The prospective application of melatonin in treating epigenetic dysfunctional diseases

SM Monayo, X Liu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past, different human disorders were described by scientists from the perspective of
either environmental factors or just by genetically related mechanisms. The rise in …