Title : Mu opioid receptor activation modulates Toll like receptor 4 in murine macrophages.

Pub. Date : 2012 Mar

PMID : 22240038






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1 Morphine, when added to RAW 264.7 cells and when injected into mice (s.c. 20mg/kg) is in fact able to decrease TLR4 both at mRNA and protein level in RAW cells and peritoneal macrophages. Morphine toll-like receptor 4 Mus musculus
2 Experiments with MOR KO mice and with DAMGO (MOR specific agonist) confirm that the effect of morphine on TLR4 mRNA in peritoneal macrophages is due to the MOR activation. Morphine toll-like receptor 4 Mus musculus