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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Melatonin-Microbiome Two-Sided Interaction in Dysbiosis-Associated Conditions.

Mara Ioana Iesanu, Carmen Denise Mihaela Zahiu, Ioana-Alexandra Dogaru, Diana Maria Chitimus, Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru, Suzana Elena Voiculescu, Sebastian Isac, Felicia Galos, Bogdan Pavel, Siobhain M O'Mahony and 1 more

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mara Ioana IesanuDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9766-1558
Carmen Denise Mihaela ZahiuDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Ioana-Alexandra DogaruDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Diana Maria ChitimusDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Gratiela Gradisteanu PircalabioruSection Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
Suzana Elena VoiculescuDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Sebastian IsacDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2687-2611
Felicia GalosDepartment of Pediatrics, Marie Curie Emergency Children's Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania.
Bogdan PavelDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Siobhain M O'MahonyDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland.
Ana-Maria ZagreanDepartment of Functional Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-4302-629X
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity College Cork · IEUniversity of Bucharest · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melatonin is a pineal indolamine, allegedly known as a circadian rhythm regulator, and an antioxidative and immunomodulatory molecule. In both experimental and clinical trials, melatonin has been shown to have positive effects in various pathologies, as a modulator of important biochemical pathways including inflammation, oxidative stress, cell injury, apoptosis, and energy metabolism. The gut represents one of melatonin's most abundant extra pineal sources, with a 400-times-higher concentration than the pineal gland. The importance of the gut microbial community-namely, the gut microbiota, in multiple critical functions of the organism- has been extensively studied throughout time, and its imbalance has been associated with a variety of human pathologies. Recent studies highlight a possible gut microbiota-modulating role of melatonin, with possible implications for the treatment of these pathologies. Consequently, melatonin might prove to be a valuable and versatile therapeutic agent, as it is well known to elicit positive functions on the microbiota in many dysbiosis-associated conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronodisruption-induced dysbiosis, obesity, and neuropsychiatric disorders. This review intends to lay the basis for a deeper comprehension of melatonin, gut microbiota, and host-health subtle interactions.

Indexed as

antioxidantchronodisruptioncircadian rhythmCOVID-19dysbiosisinflammatory bowel diseasemelatoninmicrobiota–gut–brain axisobesity

Identifiers

PMID36421432
PMCPMC9686962
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