| Literature DB >> 12080278 |
Mads Rasmussen1, Wei Zhu, Jan Tønnesen, Patrick Cadet, Else Tønnesen, George B Stefano.
Abstract
Endogenous opiate alkaloids, such as morphine, and their peptide counterparts have been implicated in a wide variety of pharmacological and physiological functions. In addition to their use in the treatment of pain, opioids, appears to be important in the growth regulation of normal and neoplastic tissue. This review will focus on the influence of endogenous and exogenous opioids on tumour growth, with emphasis on immunoregulatory and antiproliferative mechanisms.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12080278
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuro Endocrinol Lett ISSN： 0172-780X Impact factor: 0.765