Towards precision medicine for pain: diagnostic biomarkers and repurposed drugs
Niculescu A, Le-Niculescu H, Levey D, Roseberry K, Soe K, Rogers J, Khan F, Jones T, Judd S, McCormick M, Wessel A, Williams A, Kurian S, White F. Towards precision medicine for pain: diagnostic biomarkers and repurposed drugs. Molecular Psychiatry 2019, 24: 501-522. PMID: 30755720, PMCID: PMC6477790, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0345-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood gene expression biomarkersPossible new drug candidateFuture emergency department (ED) visitsEmergency department visitsHigh-risk groupDrug repurposing analysisCurrent opioid epidemicPerception of painSubjects longitudinal designGene expression signaturesPain statesDepartment visitsPain disordersTreatment dilemmaBlood biomarkersSC-560Opioid epidemicCohort designRisk groupsIndependent cohortPainGene expression biomarkersPsychiatric patientsDiagnostic biomarkersIndividual biomarkers