Active immunisation targeting nerve growth factor attenuates chronic pain behaviour in murine osteoarthritis

IS von Loga, A El-Turabi, L Jostins… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Nerve growth factor (NGF) has emerged as a key driver of pain in osteoarthritis
(OA) and antibodies to NGF are potent analgesics in human disease. Here, we validate a …

Increased nerve growth factor expression in the synovial tissues of patients with rotator cuff tears

R Tazawa, T Kenmoku, K Uchida… - Molecular …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Rotator cuff tears (RCTs) are often associated with severe shoulder pain. Non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, not recommended for long-term use, do not effectively …

The regulatory role of nerve growth factor and its receptor system in fibroblast‐like synovial cells

SP Raychaudhuri, SK Raychaudhuri - Scandinavian journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Investigating the role of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its receptors (NGF‐R) in
inflammatory diseases is an active field of research. Inflammatory diseases of the joint are …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of nerves within osteochondral channels to osteoarthritis knee pain in humans and rats

K Aso, SM Shahtaheri, R Hill, D Wilson… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Subchondral bone may contribute to knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain. Nerve growth
factor (NGF) can stimulate nerve growth through TrkA. We aimed to identify how sensory …

Role of imaging for eligibility and safety of a-NGF clinical trials

FW Roemer, MC Hochberg, JA Carrino… - Therapeutic …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nerve growth factor (a-NGF) inhibitors have been developed for pain treatment including
symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) and have proven analgesic efficacy and improvement in …

Biologic drugs as analgesics for the management of osteoarthritis

T Dimitroulas, T Lambe, R Klocke, GD Kitas… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Biologic drugs are novel therapeutic agents with demonstrated effectiveness in
the management of a variety of chronic inflammatory disorders. Unmet needs in the …

Potential mechanisms for hypoalgesia induced by anti-nerve growth factor immunoglobulin are identified using autoimmune nerve growth factor deprivation

EM Hoffman, Z Zhang, MB Anderson, R Schechter… - Neuroscience, 2011 - Elsevier
Nerve growth factor (NGF) antagonism has long been proposed as a chronic pain treatment.
In 2010, the FDA suspended clinical trials using tanezumab, a humanized monoclonal anti …

NGF–the TrkA to successful pain treatment

V Kumar, BA Mahal - Journal of pain research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic pain arising from various pathological conditions such as osteoarthritis, low back or
spinal injuries, cancer, and urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes presents significant …

PKCδ null mutations in a mouse model of osteoarthritis alter osteoarthritic pain independently of joint pathology by augmenting NGF/TrkA-induced axonal outgrowth

R Kc, X Li, JS Kroin, Z Liu, D Chen, G Xiao… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives A key clinical paradox in osteoarthritis (OA), a prevalent age-related joint disorder
characterised by cartilage degeneration and debilitating pain, is that the severity of joint pain …

Treating osteoarthritis pain: mechanisms of action of acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, and nerve growth factor antibodies

Y D'Arcy, P Mantyh, T Yaksh, S Donevan… - Postgraduate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common difficult-to-treat condition where the goal, in the absence of
disease-modifying treatments, is to alleviate symptoms such as pain and loss of function …