Opioid system and prostate cancer

Abstract

Prostate cancer is second, only to lung cancer, most common cause of death from cancer in men. The incidence of prostate cancer increases rapidly with age. A large number of different factors (genetic and environmental) are involved in initiation and progression of prostate cancer but their role remains uncertain. In addition, the presence of foci of cancer within the prostate gland is much more common than the clinically diagnosed disease. Possibly a number of different factors interact locally within the prostate gland and promote or inhibit tumor growth, including neuropeptides and specifically opioids which can reach prostate either through the general circulation (β-endorphine and food derived peptides) or being locally produced by neuroendocrine cells present in the prostate gland. The results of the present study provide evidences for a possible involvement of opioids in the prostate cancer. It was found that opioids, alkaloids, peptides and casomorphines, inhibit cell growth of ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/15967
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/15967
ND
15967
Alternative title
Οπιοειδές σύστημα και καρκίνος του προστάτη
Author
Kampa, Marilena
Date
2002
Degree Grantor
University of Crete (UOC)
Committee members
Καστανάς Ηλίας
Γραβάνης Αχιλλέας
Γεωργούλιας Βασίλης
Μαργιωρής Ανδρέας
Θερμού Κυριακή
Κουρουμάλης Ηλίας
Χατζόγλου Αναστασία
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesClinical Medicine
Keywords
Prostate; Opioids; Opioid receptors; Casomorphins; Receptorphin
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
203 σ., im.
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