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Combined analysis of circulating β-endorphin with gene polymorphisms in OPRM1, CACNAD2 and ABCB1 reveals correlation with pain, opioid sensitivity and opioid-related side effects.
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The consequence of the mutation A>G in the OPMR1 gene is an additional net charge with loss of a putative glucosylation site in the area of the ligand-receptor interaction and this feature may have consequences for the sensitivity to opioids of pain patients, although the phenotype of the pain seems to be essential.