The role of melatonin in diabetes: Therapeutic implications

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 391-399

  Sharma, Shweta ^a   Singh, Hemant ^a   Ahmad, Nabeel ^b   Mishra, Priyanka ^a   Tiwari, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b IFTM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beta cells; Calcium; Circadian rhythm; Diabetes; Insulin; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MELATONIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84973427393     PISSN: 23593997     EISSN: 23594292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000098     Document Type: Review

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