Biased agonism: the quest for the analgesic holy grail
Abstract. Opioids alleviate pain, but adverse effects severely limit their usefulness. To solve this problem, biased ligands favoring 1 signaling pathway downstream of the μ-opioid receptor over another are being developed. In the target article, the authors synthesize compounds that preferentially...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2018-06-01
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| Series: | PAIN Reports |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000650 |