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...
Main Authors: | Manuel Lisardo Sánchez, Francisco D. Rodríguez, Rafael Coveñas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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Series: | Biomedicines |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/7/1993 |
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