Polymyxin acute kidney injury: dosing and other strategies to reduce toxicity

RL Nation, MHP Rigatto, DR Falci, AP Zavascki - Antibiotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polymyxins are valuable antimicrobials for the management of multidrug-resistant Gram-
negative bacteria; however, nephrotoxicity associated with these drugs is a very common …

Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action

PP Posadzki, R Bajpai, BM Kyaw, NJ Roberts… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Our aims were to evaluate critically the evidence from systematic reviews as
well as narrative reviews of the effects of melatonin (MLT) on health and to identify the …

Pleiotropic effects of melatonin

D Mahmood - Drug research, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Melatonin's pleiotropic actions begin from controlling day/night cycle and
hypothalamic/pituitary axes to, for example, vasomotor effects, immunomodulation, antilipid …

Anti-inflammatory effects of melatonin in obesity and hypertension

NJ Prado, L Ferder, W Manucha, ER Diez - Current hypertension reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Here, we review the known relations between hypertension and
obesity to inflammation and postulate the endogenous protective effect of melatonin and its …

Melatonin: the dawning of a treatment for fibrosis?

W Hu, Z Ma, S Jiang, C Fan, C Deng… - Journal of Pineal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrosis is a common occurrence following organ injury and failure. To date, there is no
effective treatment for this condition. Melatonin targets numerous molecular pathways, a …

Developmental origins of kidney disease: why oxidative stress matters?

CN Hsu, YL Tain - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The “developmental origins of health and disease” theory indicates that many adult-onset
diseases can originate in the earliest stages of life. The developing kidney has emerged as …

Melatonin has multiorgan effects

LH Opie, S Lecour - European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin, widely used to counter transatlantic travel jet lag and insomnia, is synthesized in
the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the anterior pituitary gland. Its release into the circulation is …

Elevated heart rate and nondipping heart rate as potential targets for melatonin: a review

F Simko, T Baka, L Paulis… - Journal of pineal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated heart rate is a risk factor for cardiovascular and all‐cause mortalities in the general
population and various cardiovascular pathologies. Insufficient heart rate decline during the …

Hypoxia-inducible factors and diabetic kidney disease—How deep can we go?

AM Stanigut, C Pana, M Enciu, M Deacu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and multiple
underlying mechanisms involved in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN) have been …

Melatonin improves mitochondrial dynamics and function in the kidney of zücker diabetic fatty rats

A Agil, M Chayah, L Visiedo… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Obesity and associated diabetes (diabesity) impair kidney mitochondrial dynamics by
augmenting fission and diminishing fusion, which results in mitochondrial and renal …