Involvement of the Opioid Peptide Family in Cancer Progression

Involvement of the Opioid Peptide Family in Cancer Progression

Peptides mediate cancer progression favoring the mitogenesis, migration, and invasion of tumor cells, promoting metastasis and anti-apoptotic mechanisms, and facilitating angiogenesis/lymphangiogenesis. Tumor cells overexpress peptide receptors, crucial targets for developing specific treatments aga...

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Main Authors: Manuel Lisardo Sánchez, Francisco D. Rodríguez, Rafael Coveñas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
enkephalin
endorphin
dynorphin
opioid receptor
apoptosis
metastasis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/7/1993

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