Melatonin and inflammation—Story of a double‐edged blade

R Hardeland - Journal of pineal research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is an immune modulator that displays both pro‐and anti‐inflammatory properties.
Proinflammatory actions, which are well documented by many studies in isolated cells or …

Aging, melatonin, and the pro-and anti-inflammatory networks

R Hardeland - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aging and various age-related diseases are associated with reductions in melatonin
secretion, proinflammatory changes in the immune system, a deteriorating circadian system …

Melatonin and multiple sclerosis: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulator mechanism of action

A Muñoz-Jurado, BM Escribano… - …, 2022 - Springer
Background Melatonin is an indole hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland that
showing anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic capacity. It can play an important …

Associations between melatonin, neuroinflammation, and brain alterations in depression

E Won, KS Na, YK Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pro-inflammatory systemic conditions that can cause neuroinflammation and subsequent
alterations in brain regions involved in emotional regulation have been suggested as an …

Progesterone therapy induces an M1 to M2 switch in microglia phenotype and suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome in a cuprizone-induced demyelination mouse model

R Aryanpour, P Pasbakhsh, K Zibara, Z Namjoo… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
Demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS) has been associated to reactive
microglia in neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The M1 microglia …

Targeting Keap1/Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway in multiple sclerosis

D Michaličková, T Hrnčíř, NK Canová… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurologic autoimmune disorder featured by chronic
inflammation of the central nervous system, demyelination and axonal damage. Recently …

Melatonin facts: Lack of evidence that melatonin is a radical scavenger in living systems

JA Boutin, M Liberelle, S Yous, G Ferry… - Journal of Pineal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a small natural compound, so called a neuro‐hormone that is synthesized
mainly in pineal gland in animals. Its main role is to master the clock of the body, under the …

Latitude, vitamin D, melatonin, and gut microbiota act in concert to initiate multiple sclerosis: a new mechanistic pathway

M Ghareghani, RJ Reiter, K Zibara… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS). While the etiology of MS is still largely unknown, scientists believe that the …

Melatonin and vitamin D, two sides of the same coin, better to land on its edge to improve multiple sclerosis

M Ghareghani, K Zibara… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Previous studies revealed a latitudinal gradient of multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence,
increasing by moving from the equator to the poles. The duration and quality of an …

The role of melatonin in Multiple Sclerosis

C Skarlis, M Anagnostouli - Neurological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Melatonin is a neurohormone mainly produced by the pineal gland following a circadian
rhythm. It is characterized as a pleiotropic factor because it not only regulates the wake …