The role of kappa opioid receptors in immune system - An overview
European journal of pharmacology(2022)
摘要
Opioids are one of the most effective anti-nociceptive agents used in patients with cancer pain or after serious surgery in most countries. The endogenous opioid system participates in pain perception, but recently its role in inflammation was determined. kappa-opioid receptors (KOP receptors), a member of the opioid receptor family, are expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system as well as on the surface of different types of immune cells, e.g. T cells, B cells and monocytes. In this review, we focused on the involvement of KOP receptors in the inflammatory process and described their function in a number of conditions in which the immune system plays a key role (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, vascular dysfunction) and in-flammatory pain. We summed up the application of known KOP ligands in pathophysiology and we aimed to shed new light on KOP receptors as important elements during inflammation.
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Endogenous opioid system,Inflammation,Inflammatory pain,Immune cells,Opioids,Kappa opioid receptors
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