Beneficial actions of melatonin in the management of viral infections: a new use for this “molecular handyman”?

Melatonin-mitochondria Interplay in Health and Disease

(2012) Dario Acuna Castroviejo et al.   CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Basic Mechanisms Involved in the Anti-Cancer Effects of Melatonin

(2011) M. D. Mediavilla et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Hepatitis C Virus, Oxidative Stress and Steatosis: Current Status and Perspectives

(2011) J. Gonzalez-Gallego et al.   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Immune Signaling by RIG-I-like Receptors

(2011) Yueh-Ming Loo et al.   IMMUNITY

Melatonin modulates autophagy through a redox-mediated action in female Syrian hamster Harderian gland controlling cell types and gland activity

(2011) Ignacio Vega-Naredo et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Protective effect of melatonin against human leukocyte apoptosis induced by intracellular calcium overload: relation with its antioxidant actions

(2011) Javier Espino et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin promotes puromycin-induced apoptosis with activation of caspase-3 and 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated kinase-alpha in human leukemia HL-60 cells

(2011) Wonil Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

A survey of molecular details in the human pineal gland in the light of phylogeny, structure, function and chronobiological diseases

(2011) Jörg H. Stehle et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin as a natural ally against oxidative stress: a physicochemical examination

(2011) Annia Galano et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Extrapineal melatonin: analysis of its subcellular distribution and daily fluctuations

(2011) Carmen Venegas et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin: The smart killer

(2011) Dave Lanoix et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Antioxidant Therapy as a Potential Approach to Severe Influenza-Associated Complications

(2011) Noboru Uchide et al.   MOLECULES

Enter the kill zone: Initiation of death signaling during virus entry

(2011) Pranav Danthi   VIROLOGY

Melatonin: A pleiotropic molecule regulating inflammation

(2010) Flavia Radogna et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Clinical Uses of Melatonin: Evaluation of Human Trials

(2010) E.J. Sanchez-Barcelo et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Activation of host pattern recognition receptors by viruses

(2010) Kiva Brennan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Study of Nitric Oxide in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 4: Relationship to Viremia and Response to Antiviral Therapy

(2010) Maysaa El Sayed Zaki et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Inhibitory effect of melatonin on lung oxidative stress induced by respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice

(2010) Sheng-Hai Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin attenuates apoptotic liver damage in fulminant hepatic failure induced by the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus

(2010) María J. Tuñón et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Oral melatonin attenuates lung inflammation and airway hyperreactivity induced by inhalation of aerosolized pancreatic fluid in rats

(2010) Chao F. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Protective role of endogenous melatonin in the early course of human acute pancreatitis

(2010) Orlin Belyaev et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Update on the use of melatonin in pediatrics

(2010) Eloisa Gitto et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin, cardiolipin and mitochondrial bioenergetics in health and disease

(2010) Giuseppe Paradies et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Matrix metalloproteinases in health and disease: regulation by melatonin

(2010) Snehasikta Swarnakar et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin suppresses tumor angiogenesis by inhibiting HIF-1α stabilization under hypoxia

(2010) Shi-Young Park et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin protects against apoptotic and autophagic cell death in C2C12 murine myoblast cells

(2010) Chi Hyun Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin ameliorates cerulein-induced pancreatitis by the modulation of nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2 and nuclear factor-kappaB in rats

(2010) Kyung Hee Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

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

(2010) Dominique Bonnefont-Rousselot et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Autophagy proteins promote hepatitis C virus replication

(2009) Marlène Dreux et al.   Autophagy

Interferons and viral infections

(2009) Volker Fensterl et al.   BIOFACTORS

Melatonin and Reproduction Revisited

(2009) Russel J. Reiter et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Melatonin improves sleep and reduces nitrite in the exhaled breath condensate in cystic fibrosis – a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study

(2009) Claudia de Castro-Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Beneficial effects of melatonin on nicotine-induced vasculopathy

(2009) L. F. Rodella et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Visualization of melatonin’s multiple mitochondrial levels of protection against mitochondrial Ca2+-mediated permeability transition and beyond in rat brain astrocytes

(2009) Mei-Jie Jou et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin prevents capacitation and apoptotic-like changes of ram spermatozoa and increases fertility rate

(2009) Adriana Casao et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Sirtuins, melatonin and circadian rhythms: building a bridge between aging and cancer

(2009) Brittney Jung-Hynes et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection Induces Autophagy in both Cultured Cells and Human Skin Vesicles

(2009) M.-N. Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Autophagy upregulation and loss of NF-κB in oxidative stress-related immunodeficient SAMP8 mice

(2009) Beatriz Caballero et al.   MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT

A novel interplay between membrane and nuclear melatonin receptors in human lymphocytes: significance in IL-2 production

(2008) P. J. Lardone et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Regression of herpes viral infection symptoms using melatonin and SB-73: comparison with Acyclovir

(2008) Odilon da Silva Nunes et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin decreases TLR3-mediated inflammatory factor expression via inhibition of NF-B activation in respiratory syncytial virus-infected RAW264.7 macrophages

(2008) Sheng-Hai Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Epstein-Barr virus induces an oxidative stress during the early stages of infection in B lymphocytes, epithelial, and lymphoblastoid cell lines

(2008) Saloua Lassoued et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Immunomodulation by Melatonin: Its Significance for Seasonally Occurring Diseases

(2008) Venkataramanujam Srinivasan et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

APOBEC3 proteins and reverse transcription

(2008) Renato S. Aguiar et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Structural and functional analysis of virus factories purified from Rabbit vesivirus-infected Vero cells

(2008) Rosa Casais et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Interferons and viruses: an interplay between induction, signalling, antiviral responses and virus countermeasures

(2007) R. E. Randall et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY