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—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule

R Hardeland, DP Cardinali, V Srinivasan… - Progress in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Melatonin, the neurohormone of the pineal gland, is also produced by various other tissues
and cells. It acts via G protein-coupled receptors expressed in various areas of the central …

The neuroprotective role of melatonin in neurological disorders

BS Alghamdi - Journal of neuroscience research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a neurohormone secreted from the pineal gland and has a wide‐ranging
regulatory and neuroprotective role. It has been reported that melatonin level is disturbed in …

Melatonin, the circadian multioscillator system and health: the need for detailed analyses of peripheral melatonin signaling

R Hardeland, JA Madrid, DX Tan… - Journal of pineal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence is accumulating regarding the importance of circadian core oscillators, several
associated factors, and melatonin signaling in the maintenance of health. Dysfunction of …

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 …

Melatonin and the theories of aging: a critical appraisal of melatonin's role in antiaging mechanisms

R Hardeland - Journal of pineal research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The classic theories of aging such as the free radical theory, including its mitochondria‐
related versions, have largely focused on a few specific processes of senescence …

Antiinflammatory activity of melatonin in central nervous system

E Esposito, S Cuzzocrea - Current neuropharmacology, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Melatonin is mainly produced in the mammalian pineal gland during the dark phase. Its
secretion from the pineal gland has been classically associated with circadian and circanual …

Melatonin: action as antioxidant and potential applications in human disease and aging

D Bonnefont-Rousselot, F Collin - Toxicology, 2010 - Elsevier
This review aims at describing the beneficial properties of melatonin related to its antioxidant
effects. Oxidative stress, ie, an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen …

The Keap1-Nrf2-antioxidant response element pathway: a review of its regulation by melatonin and the proteasome

J Vriend, RJ Reiter - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2015 - Elsevier
Both melatonin and proteasome inhibitors upregulate antioxidant enzymes including
superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GP), hemoxygenase 1 (HO-1), and …

Dietary resveratrol prevents Alzheimer's markers and increases life span in SAMP8

D Porquet, G Casadesús, S Bayod, A Vicente… - Age, 2013 - Springer
Resveratrol is a polyphenol that is mainly found in grapes and red wine and has been
reported to be a caloric restriction (CR) mimetic driven by Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) activation …