Endogenous and Exogenous Melatonin Exposure Attenuates Hepatic MT₁ Melatonin Receptor Protein Expression in Rat

• Main Authors: Alexander M. Mathes (Author), Paul Heymann (Author), Christian Ruf (Author), Ragnar Huhn (Author), Jochen Hinkelbein (Author), Thomas Volk (Author), Tobias Fink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melatonin receptors are highly relevant for the hepatoprotective effects of the pineal hormone melatonin after experimental hemorrhagic shock in rats. In this study, we sought to determine the spatial expression pattern and a putative regulation of two melatonin receptors, membrane bound type 1 and...