Methionine enkephalin (MENK) improves lymphocyte subpopulations in human peripheral blood of 50 cancer patients by inhibiting regulatory T cells (Tregs)

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Progressive Increase of Regulatory T Cells and Decrease of CD8+ T Cells and CD8+ T Cells/Regulatory T Cells Ratio during Colorectal Cancer Development

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Distribution of CD4pos -, CD8pos – and Regulatory T Cells in the Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract in Healthy Young Subjects

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Inhibition of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell Function and Conversion into Th1-Like Effectors by a Toll-Like Receptor-Activated Dendritic Cell Vaccine

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Synergistic effect of methionine encephalin (MENK) combined with pidotimod(PTD) on the maturation of murine dendritic cells (DCs)

(2013) Yiming Meng et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Regulatory T Cells in Peripheral Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Syphilis Patients with and without Neurological Involvement

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The opioid growth factor–opioid growth factor receptor axis: Homeostatic regulator of cell proliferation and its implications for health and disease

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Macrophage polarization induced by neuropeptide methionine enkephalin (MENK) promotes tumoricidal responses

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Induction on differentiation and modulation of bone marrow progenitor of dendritic cell by methionine enkephalin (MENK)

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Helicobacter pylori decreases p27 expression through the delta opioid receptor-mediated inhibition of histone acetylation within the p27 promoter

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Targeting opioidergic pathways as a novel biological treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer

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Comparison of stimulating effect on subpopulations of lymphocytes in human peripheral blood by methionine enkephalin with IL-2 and IFN-γ

(2012) Hui Hua et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Methionine enkephalin (MENK) improved the functions of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) loaded with antigen

(2012) Weiwei Li et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Regulation of the Estrous Cycle by Neutrophils via Opioid Peptides

(2011) S. Sasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Functional modulation of the pathway between dendritic cells (DCs) and CD4+T cells by the neuropeptide: Methionine enkephalin (MENK)

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B lymphocyte proliferation is suppressed by the opioid growth factor–opioid growth factor receptor axis: Implication for the treatment of autoimmune diseases

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Cell proliferation of human ovarian cancer is regulated by the opioid growth factor-opioid growth factor receptor axis

(2009) Renee N. Donahue et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Opioid growth factor-opioid growth factor receptor axis is a physiological determinant of cell proliferation in diverse human cancers

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Computational structure–activity study directs synthesis of novel antitumor enkephalin analogs

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