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Genetic association analyses and meta-analysis of Dynorphin-Kappa Opioid system potential functional variants with heroin dependence.
Neuroscience letters - 15 Oct 2018
Yuanyuan Ji, Rui Su, Hua Tang, Jingjing Cui, Cuola Deji, Yuhui Shi, Shuguang Wei
Abstract excerpt
Prodynorphin (PDYN) binds to k-opioid receptors (KOPr; encoded by OPRK1) and is known to regulate dopaminergic tone, making this system important for drugs addiction. Dynorphin (Dyn)/KORr system are powerful effectors of stress-induced alterations in reward processing and dysphoric states. Thus, We identified 11 potential functional SNPs and one variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) in this system, performed a...
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