Peptidomimetics and Their Applications for Opioid Peptide Drug Discovery [PDF]
Despite various advantages, opioid peptides have been limited in their therapeutic uses due to the main drawbacks in metabolic stability, blood-brain barrier permeability, and bioavailability.
Yeon Sun Lee
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Many signal transduction systems have an apparent redundancy built into them, where multiple physiological agonists activate the same receptors. Whether this is true redundancy, or whether this provides an as-yet unrecognized specificity in downstream ...
Jennifer M Kunselman +4 more
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Neuro-physiological characterization of opioid peptide actions on neurohumoral transmission in the mammalian central nervous system [PDF]
Mercuri, Nicola +4 more
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Episodic Ethanol Exposure in Adolescent Rats Causes Residual Alterations in Endogenous Opioid Peptides. [PDF]
Granholm L, Segerström L, Nylander I.
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Opioid peptides and receptors are broadly expressed throughout peripheral and central nervous systems and have been the subject of intense long-term investigations.
Ewa Gibula-Tarlowska +1 more
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The drug-likeness and pharmacokinetic properties of 23 dairy-protein-derived opioid peptides were studied using SwissADME and ADMETlab in silico tools. All the opioid peptides had poor drug-like properties based on violations of Lipinski’s rule-of-five ...
Dawei Ji +6 more
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Mycobacteria attenuate nociceptive responses by formyl peptide receptor triggered opioid peptide release from neutrophils. [PDF]
In inflammation, pain is regulated by a balance of pro- and analgesic mediators. Analgesic mediators include opioid peptides which are secreted by neutrophils at the site of inflammation, leading to activation of opioid receptors on peripheral sensory ...
Heike L Rittner +9 more
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The Expressing Patterns of Opioid Peptides, Anti-opioid Peptides and Their Receptors in the Central Nervous System Are Involved in Electroacupuncture Tolerance in Goats. [PDF]
Wan J, Qiu Z, Ding Y, Nan S, Ding M.
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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.
Manuel Lisardo Sánchez +2 more
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An opioid-like system regulating feeding behavior in C. elegans [PDF]
Neuropeptides are essential for the regulation of appetite. Here we show that neuropeptides could regulate feeding in mutants that lack neurotransmission from the motor neurons that stimulate feeding muscles. We identified nlp-24 by an RNAi screen of 115
Artyukhin, Alexander B. +3 more
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