[Do enkephalins and other endogenous opioids participate in regulation of cancer growth?].
Attempts are interesting exploratory trend to define precisely relations between endogenous opioid system and neoplastic process development. Mechanism in which enkephalins and other endogenous opioides could influence on cancer growth is not clear. Several hypothesis were put and presented in the paper.
Kajdaniuk
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D
Katedra Patofizjologii Wydziału Lekarskiego w Zabrzu Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
Marek
B
B
Buntner
B
B
Zwirska-Korczala
K
K
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism
D004745:Enkephalins; D009294:Narcotics; D011957:Receptors, Opioid