“Immunohistochemistry showed that oxaliplatin induced a significant increase of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunodensities, which could be suppressed by melatonin.”
“ Oxaliplatin injection also enhanced the messenger RNA (mRNA) expressions of cytokines including interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and chemokines … chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and monocyte inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1α) in the spinal dorsal horn, which could be significantly repressed by melatonin.”