Non-analgesic effects of opioids: peripheral opioid effects on inflammation and wound healing

C Stein, S Kuchler - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
… Further studies showed endogenous immune-derived opioids exhibiting tonic pain … advantages:
In rats, peripheral antinociceptive effects of opioids are more readily detectable and they …

Hormones in the immune system and their possible role. A critical review

G Csaba - Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica, 2014 - akjournals.com
… For antinociception the effect on the central nerve terminals … Chronic stress also reduces the
level of immune-derived GHRH [… Targeting peripheral opioid receptors to promote analgetic …

[HTML][HTML] Early systemic granulocyte-colony stimulating factor treatment attenuates neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury

PK Chao, KT Lu, YL Lee, JC Chen, HL Wang, YL Yang… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
… in the number of opioid-containing PMN cells, which can secrete opioids and attenuate …
the immune system is essential for peripheral antinociception. In addition, endorphins help …

[PDF][PDF] Development of an effective topical liposomal formulation for localized analgesia and anti-inflammatory actions in the Complete Freund's Adjuvant rodent model …

KS Iwaszkiewicz, S Hua - Pain Physician, 2014 - painphysicianjournal.com
… clinical activation of the peripheral immune-derived opioid response. … antinociceptive
effect of loperamide HCl-encapsulated liposomes was due to interaction with peripheral opioid

Lactoferrin enhances opioid-mediated analgesia via nitric oxide in the rat spinal cord

K Hayashida, T Takeuchi, H Shimizu… - American Journal …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
periphery and the CNS. In some pathological conditions, immune-derived opioids cause
peripheral antinociception (… may reduce peripheral pain, acting in synergy with immune-derived

[HTML][HTML] Corticotropin-releasing factor in antinociception and inflammation

M Schäfer, SA Mousa, C Stein - European journal of pharmacology, 1997 - Elsevier
immune-derived opioid peptides are the most likely endogenous ligands of peripheral
opioid receptors which are expressed in primary sensory neurons and located on peripheral

Divergent roles of immune cells and their mediators in pain

R Raoof, HLDM Willemen, N Eijkelkamp - Rheumatology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Immune-derived mediators resolving pain The first evidence of immune-derived mediators …
-nociceptive effects through μ, δ or κ opioid receptors expressed by sensory neurons [137]. An …

Opioids for the treatment of arthritis pain

C Stein, C Baerwald - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… The expression of immune-derived opioids is stimulated by viruses, endotoxins, cytokines, …
Moreover, a large proportion (> 50%) of the antinociceptive effects produced by systemically …

Opioid G protein-coupled receptors: signals at the crossroads of inflammation

TJ Rogers, PK Peterson - Trends in immunology, 2003 - cell.com
… to the analgesic effect of opioids. We propose that opioids should be considered members
of the cytokine family and that future research on opioids could yield new therapies for …

[HTML][HTML] A pharmacological rationale to reduce the incidence of opioid induced tolerance and hyperalgesia: a review

G Varrassi, M Fusco, SD Skaper, D Battelli, P Zis… - Pain and therapy, 2018 - Springer
… PEA acts on many cell types, including immune-derived non-… The notion that the
endocannabinoid and opioid systems are … in peripheral anti-nociception produced by μ-, κ- or …