Genome-wide association studies are conducted of two human cohorts, one group demonstrating nicotine dependence and another successfully quitting smoking. Study shows that some genetic components associated with the ability to quit overlap while many do not overlap. To perform the study, DNA samples were obtained from NIH volunteers and the allelic frequencies of the samples were analyzed using Affymetrix array analysis. This gene set comprises 290 genes associated with nicotine dependence.
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Drgon T, Montoya I, Johnson C, Liu QR, Walther D, Hamer D, Uhl GR
BECs at LORR Recovery Chr# 11 rs3697686(58381052) with right flanking marker rs13480836(5036805) and left marker s3697686(58381052). This was mapped in 300 + (b6x129)F2 mice.
Data from GEO GSE194368 and analyzed using GEO2R, only top gene shown. Authors identified transcriptional adaptations of GR signaling in the amygdala of humans with OUD. Thus, GRs, their coregulators and downstream systems may represent viable therapeutic targets to treat the “stress side” of OUD.
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Stephanie A Carmack, Janaina C M Vendruscolo, M Adrienne McGinn, Jorge Miranda-Barrientos, Vez Repunte-Canonigo, Gabriel D Bosse, Daniele Mercatelli, Federico M Giorgi, Yu Fu, Anthony J Hinrich, Francine M Jodelka, Karen Ling, Robert O Messing, Randall T Peterson, Frank Rigo, Scott Edwards, Pietro P Sanna, Marisela Morales, Michelle L Hastings, George F Koob, Leandro F Vendruscolo
Transcriptional alterations in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens implicate neuroinflammation and synaptic remodeling in opioid use disorder. Transcriptomic profile of 20 control subjects and 20 OUD subjects in brain region DLPFC and NAC. Analyzed using GEO2R (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE174409) separately for each brain region, comparing OUD and control samples.
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Xiangning Xue, Wei Zong, Jill R Glausier, Sam-Moon Kim, Micah A Shelton, BaDoi N Phan, Chaitanya Srinivasan, Andreas R Pfenning, George C Tseng, David A Lewis, Marianne L Seney, Ryan W Logan
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