• Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan · Mar 2011

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    Mu opioid receptors in pain management.

    • Gavril Pasternak and Ying-Xian Pan.
    • Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, NY 10065, USA. pasterng@mskcc.org
    • Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan. 2011 Mar 1; 49 (1): 21-5.

    AbstractMost of the potent analgesics currently in use act through the mu opioid receptor. Although they are classified as mu opioids, clinical experience suggests differences among them. The relative potencies of the agents can vary from patient to patient, as well as the side-effect profiles. These observations, coupled with pharmacological approaches in preclinical models, led to the suggestion of multiple subtypes of mu receptors. The explosion in molecular biology has led to the identification of a single gene encoding mu opioid receptors. It now appears that this gene undergoes extensive splicing, in which a single gene can generate multiple proteins. Evidence now suggests that these splice variants may help explain the clinical variability in responses among patients.Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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