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Can inflammation relieve pain?

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Immune cells secreting the opioid peptide β-endorphin undergo selectin-mediated migration to peripheral sites of injury where they promote analgesia (pages 1425–1428).

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    Frank Porreca, Josephine Lai & T. Philip Malan Jr.

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