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Melatonin decreases plasma TNF-α and improves nonenzymatic antioxidant defence and insulin sensitivity in rats with apical periodontitis fed a high-fat diet.

Rodrigo Martins Dos SantosThaís Verônica Saori TsosuraBianca Elvira BelardiAntônio Hernandes Chaves-NetoFernando Yamamoto ChibaMaria Sara de Lima Coutinho MatteraGestter Willian Lattari TessarinLara Teschi BravoLuciano Tavares Angelo CintraDóris Hissako Matsushita
Published in: International endodontic journal (2022)
Apical periodontitis and HFD promoted IR, and the association of AP with diet promoted IR exacerbation; this resistance might have been caused by an increase in TNF-α. AP promoted more intense changes in lipid oxidative damage than in protein oxidative damage. In non-enzymatic antioxidant defence, it was observed that both AP and HFD and their association promoted a decrease in GSH levels. Overall, ME treatment reversed changes such as oxidative stress and IR.
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