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SUBMITTER: Ondrovics M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5421968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ondrovics Martina M Hoelbl-Kovacic Andrea A Fux Daniela Alexandra DA
Oncotarget 20170401 15
Opioids are potent drugs that are widely used to control wound or cancer pain. Increasing evidence suggest that opioids mediate clinically relevant effects that go beyond their classical role as analgesics. Of note, opioids appear to modulate angiogenesis - a process that is critical in wound healing and cancer progression. In this review, we focus on pro- and anti-angiogenic facets of opioids that arise from the activation of individual opioid receptors and the usage of individual concentration ...[more]