Majumdar, S., Grinnell, S., Le Rouzic, V., Burgman, M., Polikar, L., Ansonoff, M., Pintar, J., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Truncated G protein-coupled mu opioid receptor MOR-1 splice variants are targets for highly potent opioid analgesics lacking side effects (2011) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (49), pp. 19778-19783.
Lefave, C.V., Squatrito, M., Vorlova, S., Rocco, G.L., Brennan, C.W., Holland, E.C., Pan, Y.-X., Cartegni, L.Splicing factor hnRNPH drives an oncogenic splicing switch in gliomas (2011) EMBO Journal, 30 (19), pp. 4084-4097.
Pasternak, G., Pan, Y.-X.Mu opioid receptors in pain management(2011) Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica, 49 (1), pp. 21-25.
Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X. Mix and Match: Heterodimers and Opioid Tolerance(2011) Neuron, 69 (1), pp. 6-8.
Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Molecular Biology of Mu Opioid Receptors, pp121-160, The Opiate Receptors, ed: Pasternak, G.W., Humana PressIsbn: 978-1-60761-993-2
Xu, J., Xu, M., Rossi, G.C., Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X. Identification and characterization ofseven new exon 11-associated splice variants of the rat mopioid receptor gene, OPRM1 (2011) Molecular Pain, 7, art. no. 9,
Kolesnikov, Y.A., Chereshnev, I., Criesta, M., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Opposing actions of neuronal nitric oxide synthase isoforms in formalin-induced pain in mice (2009) Brain Research, 1289, pp. 14-21.
Hadjimarkou, M.M., Abbadie, C., Kasselman, L.J., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W., Bodnar, R.J. Changes in mouse mu opioid receptor exon 7/8-like immunoreactivity following food restriction and food deprivation in rats (2009) Synapse, 63 (7), pp. 585-597.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Xu, M., Rossi, G.C., Matulonis, J.E., Pasternak, G.W. Involvement of exon 11-associated variants of the mu opioid receptor MOR-1 in heroin, but not morphine, actions (2009) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (12), pp. 4917-4922.
Xu, J., Xu, M., Hurd, Y.L., Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X. Isolation and characterization of new exon 11-associated N-terminal splice variants of the human mu opioid receptor gene (2009) Journal of Neurochemistry, 108 (4), pp. 962-972.
Xu, J., Xu, M., Pan, Y.-X. Characterizing exons 11 and 1 promoters of the mu opioid receptor (Oprm) gene in transgenic mice (2006) BMC Molecular Biology, 7, art. no. 41,
Zhang, Y., Pan, Y.-X., Kolesnikov, Y., Pasternak, G.W. Immunohistochemical labeling of the mu opioid receptor carboxy terminal splice variant mMOR-1B4 in the mouse central nervous system (2006) Brain Research, 1099 (1), pp. 33-43.
Pan, Y.-X. Diversity and complexity of the mu opioid receptor gene: Alternative pre-mRNA splicing and promoters (2005) DNA and Cell Biology, 24 (11), pp. 736-750.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Bolan, E., Moskowitz, H.S., Xu, M., Pasternak, G.W. Identification of four novel exon 5 splice variants of the mouse μ-opioid receptor gene: Functional consequences of C-terminal splicing (2005) Molecular Pharmacology, 68 (3), pp. 866-875.
Israel, Y., Kandov, Y., Khaimova, E., Kest, A., Lewis, S.R., Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.X., Rossi, G.C., Bodnar, R.J. NPY-induced feeding: Pharmacological characterization using selective opioid antagonists and antisense probes in rats (2005) Peptides, 26 (7), pp. 1167-1175.
Pan, L., Xu, J., Yu, R., Xu, M.-M., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Identification and characterization of six new alternatively spliced variants of the human μ opioid receptor gene, OPRM (2005) Neuroscience, 133 (1), pp. 209-220.
Hadjimarkou, M.M., Singh, A., Kandov, Y., Israel, Y., Pan, Y.-X., Rossi, G.C., Pasternak, G.W., Bodnar, R.J. Opioid receptor involvement in food deprivation-induced feeding: Evaluation of selective antagonist and antisense oligodeoxynucleotide probe effects in mice and rats (2004) Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 311 (3), pp. 1188-1202.
Pasternak, D.A., Pan, L., Xu, J., Yu, R., Xu, M.-M., Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X. Identification of three new alternatively spliced variants of the rat mu opioid receptor gene: Dissociation of affinity and efficacy (2004) Journal of Neurochemistry, 91 (4), pp. 881-890.
Abbadie, C., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Immunohistochemical study of the expression of EXON11-containing μ opioid receptor variants in mouse brain (2004) Neuroscience, 127 (2), pp. 419-430.
Bolan, E.A., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Functional Analysis of MOR-1 Splice Variants of the Mouse mu Opioid Receptor Gene Oprm (2004) Synapse, 51 (1), pp. 11-18.
Hadjimarkou, M.M., Khaimova, E., Pan, Y.-X., Rossi, G.C., Pasternak, G.W., Bodnar, R.J. Feeding induced by food deprivation is differentially reduced by opioid receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide probes in rats (2003) Brain Research, 987 (2), pp. 223-232.
Pan, Y.X. Expression of opioid receptors in mammalian cell lines. (2003) Methods in molecular medicine, 84, pp. 17-28.
Pan, Y.X. Identification of alternatively spliced variants from opioid receptor genes. (2003) Methods in molecular medicine, 84, pp. 65-75.
Pan, Y.X. Molecular cloning of opioid receptors by cDNA library screening. (2003) Methods in molecular medicine, 84, pp. 3-16.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Mahurter, L., Xu, M., Gilbert, A.-K., Pasternak, G.W. Identification and characterization of two new human mu opioid receptor splice variants, hMOR-1O and hMOR-1X (2003) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 301 (4), pp. 1057-1061.
Pan, Y.-X., Bolan, E., Pasternak, G.W. Dimerization of morphine and orphanin FQ/nociceptin receptors: Generation of a novel opioid receptor subtype (2002) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 297 (3), pp. 659-663.
Pan, Y.-X. Identification and characterization of a novel promoter of the mouse mu opioid receptor gene (Oprm) that generates eight splice variants (2002) Gene, 295 (1), pp. 97-108.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Mahurter, L., Bolan, E., Xu, M., Pasternak, G.W. Generation of the mu opioid receptor (MOR-1) protein by three new splice variants of the Oprm gene (2001) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98 (24), pp. 14084-14089
Abbadie, C., Pan, Y.-X., Drake, C.T., Pasternak, G.W. Comparative immunohistochemical distributions of carboxy terminus epitopes from the mu-opioid receptor splice variants MOR-1D, MOR-1 and MOR-1C in the mouse and rat CNS (2000) Neuroscience, 100 (1), pp. 141-153.
Abbadie, C., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Differential distribution in rat brain of mu opioid receptor carboxy terminal splice variants MOR-1C-like and MOR-1-like immunoreactivity: Evidence for region-specific processing (2000) Journal of Comparative Neurology, 419 (2), pp. 244-256.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Bolan, E., Chang, A., Mahurter, L., Rossi, G., Pasternak, G.W. Isolation and expression of a novel alternatively spliced mu opioid receptor isoform, MOR-1F (2000) FEBS Letters, 466 (2-3), pp. 337-340.
Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X. Antisense mapping: Assessing functional significance of genes and splice variants (1999) Methods in Enzymology, 314, pp. 51-60.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Bolan, E., Abbadie, C., Chang, A., Zuckerman, A., Rossi, G., Pasternak, G.W. Identification and characterization of three new alternatively spliced μ-opioid receptor isoforms (1999) Molecular Pharmacology, 56 (2), pp. 396-403.
Schuller, A.G.P., King, M.A., Zhang, J., Bolan, E., Pan, Y.-X, Morgan, D.J., Chang, A., Czick, M.E., Unterwald, E.M., Pasternak, G.W., Pintar, J.E. Retention of heroin and morphine-6β-glucuronide analgesia in a new line of mice lacking exon 1 of MOR-1 (1999) Nature Neuroscience, 2 (2), pp. 151-156.
Hom, J.S.H., Goldberg, I., Mathis, J., Pan, Y.-X., Brooks, A.I., Ryan-Moro, J., Scheinberg, D.A., Pasternak, G.W. [125I]Orphanin FQ/nociceptin binding in Raji cells (1999) Synapse, 34 (3), pp. 187-191.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Wan, B.-L., Zuckerman, A., Pasternak, G.W. Identification and differential regional expression of KOR-3/ORL-1 gene splice variants in mouse brain (1998) FEBS Letters, 435 (1), pp. 65-68.
Pan, Y.-X., Mei, J., Xu, J., Wan, B.-L., Zuckerman, A., Pasternak, G.W. Cloning and characterization of a mouse σ1 receptor (1998) Journal of Neurochemistry, 70 (6), pp. 2279-2285.
Burdick, K., Yu, W.-Z., Ragnauth, A., Moroz, M., Pan, Y.X., Rossi, G.C., Pasternak, G.W., Bodnar, R.J. Antisense mapping of opioid receptor clones: Effects upon 2-deoxy-D- glucose-induced hyperphagia (1998) Brain Research, 794 (2), pp. 359-363.
Kolesnikov, Y.A., Pan, Y.-X., Babey, A.-M., Jain, S., Wilson, R., Pasternak, G.W. Functionally differentiating two neuronal nitric oxide synthase isoforms through antisense mapping: Evidence for opposing NO actions on morphine analgesia and tolerance (1997) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94 (15), pp. 8220-8225.
King, M., Pan, Y.-X., Mei, J., Chang, A., Xu, J., Pasternak, G.W. Enhanced κ-opioid receptor-mediated analgesia by antisense targeting the σ1 receptor (1997) European Journal of Pharmacology, 331 (1), pp. R5-R6.
Rossi, G.C., Leventhal, L., Pan, Y.-X., Cole, J., Su, W., Bodnar, R.J., Pasternak, G.W. Antisense mapping of MOR-1 in rats: Distinguishing between morphine and morphine-6β-glucuronide antinociception (1997) Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 281 (1), pp. 109-114.
Chien, C.-C., Carroll, F.I., Brown, G.P., Pan, Y.-X., Bowen, W., Pasternak, G.W. Synthesis and characterization of [125I]3'-(-)-iodopentazocine, a selective σ1 receptor ligand (1997) European Journal of Pharmacology, 321 (3), pp. 361-368.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Ryan-Moro, J., Mathis, J., Hom, J.S.H., Jianfeng, M., Pasternak, G.W. Dissociation of affinity and efficacy in KOR-3 chimeras (1996) FEBS Letters, 395 (2-3), pp. 207-210.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Pasternak, G.W. Structure and characterization of the gene encoding a mouse kappa3-related opioid receptor (1996) Gene, 171 (2), pp. 255-260.
Leventhal, L., Cole, J.L., Rossi, G.C., Pan, Y.X., Pasternak, G.W., Bodnar, R.J. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides against the MOR-1 clone alter weight and ingestive responses in rats (1996) Brain Research, 719 (1-2), pp. 78-84.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Pasternak, G.W. Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding a mouse brain orphanin FQ/nociceptin precursor (1996) Biochemical Journal, 315 (1), pp. 11-13.
Pasternak, G.W., Pan, Y.-X., Cheng, J. Correlating the pharmacology and molecular biology of opioid receptors. Cloning and antisense mapping a kappa3-related opiate receptor (1995) Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 757, pp. 332-338.
Rossi, G.C., Pan, Y.-X., Brown, G.P., Pasternak, G.W. Antisense mapping the MOR-1 opioid receptor: Evidence for alternative splicing and a novel morphine-6β-glucuronide receptor (1995) FEBS Letters, 369 (2-3), pp. 192-196.
Standifer, K.M., Jenab, S., Su, W., Chien, C.-C., Pan, Y.-X., Inturrisi, C.E., Pasternak, G.W. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to the cloned δ receptor DOR-1: Uptake, stability, and regulation of gene expression (1995) Journal of Neurochemistry, 65 (5), pp. 1981-1987.
Pan, Y.-X., Cheng, J., Xu, J., Rossi, G., Jacobson, E., Ryan-Moro, J., Brooks, A.I., Dean, G.E., Standifer, K.M., Pasternak, G.W. Cloning and functional characterization through antisense mapping of a κ3-related opioid receptor (1995) Molecular Pharmacology, 47 (6), pp. 1180-1188.
Pan, Y.X., Cheng, J., Xu, J., Pasternak, G.W. Cloning, expression and classification of a kappa3-related opioid receptor using antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (1994) Regulatory Peptides, 54 (1), pp. 217-218.
Chien, C.-C., Brown, G., Pan, Y.-X., Pasternak, G.W. Blockade of U50,488H analgesia by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to a κ-opioid receptor (1994) European Journal of Pharmacology, 253 (3), pp. R7-R8.
Rossi, G., Pan, Y.-X., Cheng, J., Pasternak, G.W. Blockade of morphine analgesia by an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide against the mu receptor (1994) Life Sciences, 54 (21), pp. 375-379.
Pan, Y.-X., Gu, H.H., Xu, J., Dean, G.E. Saccharomyces cerevisiae expression of exogenous vacuolar ATPase subunits B (1993) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1151 (2), pp. 175-185.
Pan, Y.-X., Xu, J., Strasser, J.E., Howell, M., Dean, G.E. Structure and expression of subunit A from the bovine chromaffin cell vacuolar ATPase (1991) FEBS Letters, 293 (1-2), pp. 89-92.
medicine (MEH-dih-sin)
Refers to the practices and procedures used for the prevention, treatment, or relief of symptoms of a diseases or abnormal conditions. This term may also refer to a legal drug used for the same purpose.
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National Institutes of Health (NA-shuh-nul IN-stih-TOOTS … helth)
A federal agency in the U.S. that conducts biomedical research in its own laboratories; supports the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helps in the training of research investigators; and fosters communication of medical information. Access the National Institutes of Health Web site at . Also called NIH.
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opioid (OH-pee-OYD)
A substance used to treat moderate to severe pain. Opioids are like opiates, such as morphine and codeine, but are not made from opium. Opioids bind to opioid receptors in the central nervous system. Opioids used to be called narcotics. An opioid is a type of alkaloid.
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receptor (reh-SEP-ter)
A molecule inside or on the surface of a cell that binds to a specific substance and causes a specific physiologic effect in the cell.
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