Overexpression of Adiponectin Receptors in Opium Users with and without Cancer.

Negar FirouzabadiMaral HaghnegahdarBahman KhalvatiAli DehshahriEhsan Bahramali

Published in: Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications (2020)

Considering the significant overexpression of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 in opium users and in opium users who developed malignancies and the association between upregulation of these receptors in most cancers affecting opium users and assessment of AdipoRs may serve as an early detection tool of cancer in this population.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
cell proliferation
squamous cell
transcription factor
childhood cancer
metabolic syndrome
lymph node metastasis
type diabetes
insulin resistance
squamous cell carcinoma
skeletal muscle