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Melatonin attenuates sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by promoting mitophagy through SIRT3-mediated TFAM deacetylation
31 Aug 2023
Abstract excerpt
A growing number of studies have shown that melatonin is a potent agonist of SIRT3 (sirtuin 3) and effectively protects mitochondria, suggesting melatonin as a promising therapeutic drug to treat sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (SAKI). In this study, we first included 48 sepsis patients for cross-sectional analysis and the result revealed that plasma melatonin levels are inversely proportional to the...
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