OPRM1, opioid receptor mu 1, 4988

N. diseases: 370; N. variants: 42
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs1799971
rs1799971
Entrez Id: 4988
Gene Symbol: OPRM1
OPRM1
CUI: C4505163
Disease:
Food Addiction
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE The purpose of the study was therefore to test a model predicting that a stronger activation potential of opioid circuitry-as indicated by the functional A118G marker of the mu-opioid receptor gene-would serve as an indirect risk factor for food addiction via a heightened hedonic responsiveness to palatable food.Results confirmed these relationships. 25325253 2014