In the dorsal horn and DRG, increased levels of phosphorylated mTOR were found in response to cancer-related, inflammatory and neuropathic pain including spinal cord injury (Liang et al., 2013, Lucas and Lipman, 2002, Lutz et al., 2015, Melemedjian et al., 2011, Shih et al., 2012, Wang et al., 2016, Xu et al., 2011, Zhang et al., 2013). The gene discussed is MTOR; the disease is cancer.