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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Mary Jeanne Kreek, New York, NY (US);
Karl Steven LaForge, New York, NY (US);
Lei Yu, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jay A. Tischfield, Carmel, IN (US);
Other;
Abstract
Provided herein are variant alleles of a gene encoding a mu opioid receptor, along with cloning vectors for replicating such variant alleles, expressing vectors for expressing the variant alleles to produce variant mu opioid receptors, and antibodies to such variant receptors. Also disclosed are binding characteristics of such variant receptors regarding binding to opioid ligands, and the using of such binding characteristics to diagnose a subjects susceptibility to pain, susceptibility to an addictive disease, selecting an appropriate pain reliever along with a therapeutically effective amount of the reliever to administer to a subject suffering from pain. In addition, diagnostic methods for diagnosing a disease or disorder such as infertility, constipation, diarrhea, decreased immune response relative to a standard, and decreased ability to withstand stress relative to a standard, along with commercial kits for diagnosing such diseases or disorders.