ArticleGenes, brain, and behavior2008
Genetic susceptibility to heroin addiction: a candidate gene association study.
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138 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 207 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of the OPRM1 Variant rs1799971 (A118G) with Non-Specific Liability to Substance Dependence in a Collaborative de novo Meta-Analysis of European-Ancestry Cohorts.Behavior genetics · 2016Pooled it
- Cis-Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Reveals Replicable Associations with Heroin Addiction in OPRM1.Biological psychiatry · 2015Pooled it
- Variants of opioid genes and response to treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine-naloxone versus extended-release naltrexone in Caucasians.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2020Trial
- Role of OPRM1, clinical and anthropometric variants in neonatal pain reduction.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Genetic polymorphisms in the opioid receptor delta 1 (OPRD1) gene are associated with methadone dose in methadone maintenance treatment for heroin dependence.Journal of human genetics · 2020Trial
- A non-coding CRHR2 SNP rs255105, a cis-eQTL for a downstream lincRNA AC005154.6, is associated with heroin addiction.PloS one · 2018Trial
- The κ-opioid receptor gene as a predictor of response in a cocaine vaccine clinical trial.Psychiatric genetics · 2013Trial
- An intronic variant in OPRD1 predicts treatment outcome for opioid dependence in African-Americans.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2013Trial
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- Cocaine-Induced Changes in the BRD4 Interactome Identifies Casein Kinase 1 Epsilon as a Therapeutic Target.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Article
- Nonpharmacological and pharmacological influences on opioid effects: A review of clinical research findings.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025Review
- Genetic and Epigenetic Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Nerve growth factor gene polymorphisms may be associated with heroin dependence in women but do not mediate specific personality traits.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
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- SNP analysis of stress-related genes reveals significant correlations with drug addiction in Jordan.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Genetic factors associated with suicidal behaviors and alcohol use disorders in an American Indian population.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Heroin addiction is a chronic complex disease with a substantial genetic contribution. This study was designed to identify genetic variants that are associated with susceptibility to develop heroin addiction by analyzing 1350 variants in 130 candidate genes. All subjects had Caucasian ancestry. The sample consisted of 412 former severe heroin addicts in methadone treatment, and 184 healthy controls with no history of drug abuse. Nine variants, in six genes, showed the lowest nominal P values in the association tests (P < 0.01). These variants were in noncoding regions of the genes encoding the mu (OPRM1; rs510769 and rs3778151), kappa (OPRK1; rs6473797) and delta (OPRD1; rs2236861, rs2236857 and rs3766951) opioid receptors; the neuropeptide galanin (GAL; rs694066); the serotonin receptor subtype 3B (HTR3B; rs3758987) and the casein kinase 1 isoform epsilon (CSNK1E; rs1534891). Several haplotypes and multilocus genotype patterns showed nominally significant associations (e.g. OPRM1; P = 0.0006 and CSNK1E; P = 0.0007). Analysis of a combined effect of OPRM1 and OPRD1 showed that rs510769 and rs2236861 increase the risk of heroin addiction (P = 0.0005). None of these associations remained significant after adjustment for multiple testing. This study suggests the involvement of several genes and variants in heroin addiction, which is worthy of future study.
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