The effects of daylight exposure on melatonin levels, Kiss1 expression, and melanoma formation in mice

Pazarcı P., Kaplan H. M., Alptekin D., Yılmaz M., Luleyap U., Şingirik E., ...More

CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.61, no.1, pp.55-61, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.3325/cmj.2020.61.55
  • Journal Name: CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-61
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim To determine how daylight exposure in mice affects melatonin protein expression in blood and Kiss1 gene expression in the hypothalamus. The second aim was to as sess the relationship between skin cancer formation, day-light exposure, melatonin blood level, and kisspeptin gene expression level.