Melatonin prevents lung injury by regulating apelin 13 to improve mitochondrial dysfunction

Lung disease: managing misbehaving mitochondria The hormone melatonin could protect lung cells from the damage associated with respiratory diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. Several studies have linked such damage with abnormal activity of the mitochondria, with these essential metabolic organelle...

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Main Authors: Lu Zhang, Fang Li, Xiaomin Su, Yue Li, Yining Wang, Ruonan Fang, Yingying Guo, Tongzhu Jin, Huitong Shan, Xiaoguang Zhao, Rui Yang, Hongli Shan, Haihai Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-019-0273-8