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The research conducted in the Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics is focused on the identification of biological correlates and molecular mechanisms related to pharmacotherapy. Our goal is to indicate new druggable targets, indicators of treatment safety, and gene-drug interactions of clinical relevance.  The research concerns psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of depression, psychotic and anxiety disorders, and other psychoactive compounds. The studies are carried out at the level of genes, both in terms of differences in DNA sequence between humans as well as alterations in the transcript expression.

We use bioinformatics tools for the analysis and interpretation of large genomic data sets. The results are obtained using next-generation sequencing technology (NGS), which enables the scale measurements of the full sequence of genomes and transcriptomes. High-throughput sequencing allows for both associative genetic studies as well as the measurement of changes in the expression level of different classes of RNA and genes isoforms.

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Local peripheral opioid effects and expression of opioid genes in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia in neuropathic and inflammatory pain.

Obara I, Parkitna JR, Korostynski M, Makuch W, Kaminska D, Przewlocka B, Przewlocki R

DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.006

Identification of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6-responsive genes in human monocyte-derived macrophages using microarrays.

Jura J, Wegrzyn P, Korostyński M, Guzik K, Oczko-Wojciechowska M, Jarzab M, Kowalska M, Piechota M, Przewłocki R, Koj A

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.04.006

Interleukin-1 alpha has antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic activities in a rat neuropathic pain model.

Mika J, Korostynski M, Kaminska D, Wawrzczak-Bargiela A, Osikowicz M, Makuch W, Przewlocki R, Przewlocka B

DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.015

Identification of interleukin-1 and interleukin-6-responsive genes in human monocyte-derived macrophages using microarrays

Jura, J., Wegrzyn, P., Korostyński, M., Guzik, K., Oczko-Wojciechowska, M., Jarzab, M., Kowalska, M., Piechota, M., Przewłocki, R., Koj, A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.04.006

Morphine effects on striatal transcriptome in mice

Korostynski, M., Piechota, M., Kaminska, D., Solecki, W., Przewlocki, R.

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r128

Morphine effects on striatal transcriptome in mice.

Korostynski M, Piechota M, Kaminska D, Solecki W, Przewlocki R

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r128

Comparison of gene expression profiles in neuropathic and inflammatory pain.

Rodriguez Parkitna J, Korostynski M, Kaminska-Chowaniec D, Obara I, Mika J, Przewlocka B, Przewlocki R

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Gene expression profiling in the striatum of inbred mouse strains with distinct opioid-related phenotypes.

Korostynski M, Kaminska-Chowaniec D, Piechota M, Przewlocki R

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-146

Gene expression profiling in the striatum of inbred mouse strains with distinct opioid-related phenotypes

Korostynski, M., Kaminska-Chowaniec, D., Piechota, M., Przewlocki, R.

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-146

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