Melatonin and Kidney Health: From Fetal Stage to Later Life

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 24; no. 9; p. 8105
• Main Authors: Tang, Kuo-Shu, Ho, Chun-Yi, Hsu, Chien-Ning, Tain, You-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 30.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Breastfeeding & lactation; Chronic kidney failure; Circadian Rhythm; Endocrine system; Fetuses; Hypertension; Kidney; Kidney diseases; Melatonin; Melatonin - pharmacology; Melatonin - therapeutic use; Metabolism; Metabolites; Models, Animal; Physiology; Pineal Gland; Placenta; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - drug therapy; Review; Skin; Urine; Womens health; Taiwan; antioxidant; circadian rhythm; pregnancy; developmental origin of health and disease (DOHaD); kidney disease; melatonin; developmental programming

Melatonin, an endogenous hormone mainly released at night by the pineal gland, has multifaceted biofunctions. Emerging evidence points to melatonin having a crucial role in kidney health and disease. As the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still rising, a superior strategy to advance gl...