Melatonin as a hormone: new physiological and clinical insights

J Cipolla-Neto, FG Amaral - Endocrine reviews, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin is a ubiquitous molecule present in almost every live being from bacteria to
humans. In vertebrates, besides being produced in peripheral tissues and acting as an …

Melatonin: an ancient molecule that makes oxygen metabolically tolerable

LC Manchester, A Coto‐Montes, JA Boga… - Journal of pineal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is remarkably functionally diverse with actions as a free radical scavenger and
antioxidant, circadian rhythm regulator, anti‐inflammatory and immunoregulating molecule …

The redox role of G6PD in cell growth, cell death, and cancer

HC Yang, YH Wu, WC Yen, HY Liu, TL Hwang, A Stern… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The generation of reducing equivalent NADPH via glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
(G6PD) is critical for the maintenance of redox homeostasis and reductive biosynthesis in …

Melatonin and autophagy in aging-related neurodegenerative diseases

F Luo, AF Sandhu, W Rungratanawanich… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
With aging, the nervous system gradually undergoes degeneration. Increased oxidative
stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death are …

Diabetic retinopathy pathogenesis and the ameliorating effects of melatonin; involvement of autophagy, inflammation and oxidative stress

E Dehdashtian, S Mehrzadi, B Yousefi… - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), remains
as one of the major causes of vision loss worldwide. The release of pro-inflammatory …

Cellular mechanisms of melatonin: insight from neurodegenerative diseases

D Chen, T Zhang, TH Lee - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are the second most common cause of death and
characterized by progressive impairments in movement or mental functioning in the central …

Melatonin: A review of its potential functions and effects on neurological diseases

M Gunata, H Parlakpinar, HA Acet - Revue neurologique, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The aging process is not univocal, both body and brain age. Neurological
disorders are a major cause of disability and death worldwide. According to the Global …

Therapeutic potential of melatonin related to its role as an autophagy regulator: A review

JA Boga, B Caballero, Y Potes… - Journal of pineal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There are several pathologies, syndromes, and physiological processes in which autophagy
is involved. This process of self‐digestion that cells trigger as a survival mechanism is …

Mechanisms of melatonin in alleviating Alzheimer's disease

M Shukla, P Govitrapong, P Boontem… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic, progressive and prevalent neurodegenerative
disease characterized by the loss of higher cognitive functions and an associated loss of …

Melatonin in Alzheimer's disease: a latent endogenous regulator of neurogenesis to mitigate Alzheimer's neuropathology

MF Hossain, MS Uddin, GMS Uddin… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Melatonin, a pineal gland synthesized neurohormone is known as a multifunctioning
pleiotropic agent which has a wide range of neuroprotective role in manifold age-related …