title: Effects of melatonin on cardiovascular diseases: progress in the past year.
abstract: Melatonin is a neuroendocrine hormone synthesized primarily by the pineal gland. Numerous studies have suggested that melatonin plays an important role in various cardiovascular diseases. In this article, recent progress regarding melatonin's effects on cardiovascular diseases is reviewed.
  
  
  
  In the past year, studies have focused on the mechanism of protection of melatonin on cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, myocardial hypoxia-reoxygenation injury, pulmonary hypertension, hypertension, atherosclerosis, valvular heart diseases, and other cardiovascular diseases.
  
  
  
  Studies have demonstrated that melatonin has significant effects on ischemia-reperfusion injury, myocardial chronic intermittent hypoxia injury, pulmonary hypertension, hypertension, valvular heart diseases, vascular diseases, and lipid metabolism. As an inexpensive and well tolerated drug, melatonin may be a new therapeutic option for cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China bDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gusdon
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin