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SUBMITTER: Saify K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4877821 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences 20150623 3
<h4>Aim</h4>Prodynorphin (PDYN; OMIM: 131340) is the precursor of the dynorphin related peptides which plays an important role in drug abuse. Previous studies have been shown that the expression of PDYN is regulated by a genetic polymorphism of VNTR in the promoter region of the gene.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The present case-control study was performed on 52 (41 males, 11 females) methamphetamine dependence patients and 635 (525 males, 110 females) healthy blood donors frequency matched wit ...[more]