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Effect of morphine and beta-endorphin on human Fc receptor-dependent and natural killer cell functions.
Clinical immunology and immunopathology - 1 Mar 1992
Yeager M P, Yu C T, Campbell A S, Moschella M, Guyre P M
Abstract excerpt
Interactions between opiates and the human immune system have important clinical implications. To further evaluate these interactions, we studied in vitro and in vivo effects of morphine sulfate (morphine) and beta-endorphin (Bend) on antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC), natural killer cell cytotoxicity (NKCC), and effector cell expression of antibody Fc receptors. Morphine and Bend had no potent in vivo...
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