Steve Middleton

@middletonsj.bsky.social

Post Doc • Bennett Lab • Pain and Sensory Biology • Research Fellow, @WolfsonCollege • University of Oxford • 🏳️‍🌈

We've found a new gene linked to chronic pain in humans! The gene SLC45A4 encodes (the long-awaited) neuronal polyamine transporter, which is important for pain signalling in nerves. We hope this discovery might lead to new chronic pain treatments in the future! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter - Nature

The SLC45A4 gene encodes a neuronal polyamine transporter and is linked to pain response in humans and mice.

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