Role of Melatonin and Melatonin Receptors in Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy of Cancer

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Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014

Abstract

Melatonin is a neurochemical hormone which produced by pineal gland and has an important role in regulating of circadian rhythm in human body, in recent years it has revealed some cytoprotection and antimitogeni effect of this neurohormone which explained in relation with its receptors and accordingly some intracellular signaling pathways.

Role of melatonin in some important cancers as breast and colon cancer has been administrated clearly and some other studies are in continuance for some other important malignancies.

This review describes some anticancer aspects for melatonin and its receptors.

 

 

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