Opioid-chemokine receptor interaction desensitization

Steele AD, Szabo I, Bednar F, Rogers TJ (2002) Interactions between opioid and chemokine receptors Heterologous desensitization. Cytok Growth Factor Rev 13 209-222. 

In this chapter, we review the interactions at the level of protein function, between opioid receptors and chemokine receptors, using both in vitro and in vivo model systems. As a part of this discussion, we also describe our current understanding of the biochemical pathway(s) that are involved in the heterologous desensitization process between these groups of receptors. 

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