Open AccessPreliminary study: Evaluation of melatonin secretion in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Yılmaz Kör,
İclal Geyikli,
Mehmet Keskın,
Müslüm Akan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.137521
Subject(s) - melatonin , medicine , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , type 1 diabetes , pineal gland
Melatonin is an indolamine hormone, synthesized from tryptophan in the pineal gland primarily. Melatonin exerts both antioxidative and immunoregulatory roles but little is known about melatonin secretion in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The aim of this study was to measure serum melatonin levels in patients with T1DM and investigates their relationship with type 1 diabetes mellitus.