Profiling the microRNA signature of the peripheral sensory ganglia in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)

TN Friedman, MS Yousuf, A Catuneanu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease with a distinct female bias, as well
as a high prevalence of neuropathic pain in both sexes. The dorsal root ganglia (DRG) …

Sex differences in the inflammatory response of the mouse DRG and its connection to pain in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

AD Maguire, TN Friedman, DN Villarreal Andrade… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease with notable sex differences. Women are
not only more likely to develop MS but are also more likely than men to experience …

Characterization of microglial transcriptomes in the brain and spinal cord of mice in early and late experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis using a RiboTag …

S Acharjee, PMK Gordon, BH Lee, J Read… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Microglia play an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and the mouse
model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). To more fully understand …

Sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia become hyperexcitable in a T-cell-mediated MOG-EAE model of multiple sclerosis

MS Yousuf, M Noh, TN Friedman, K Zubkow… - eneuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. Patients with MS typically present with visual, motor, and sensory deficits. However …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebrospinal fluid immune cells appear similar across neuropathic and non-neuropathic pain conditions

Z Hore, J Royds, RA Abdullahi, J Lampa… - Wellcome Open …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Microglia have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain.
Here, we sought to investigate whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) might be used as a proxy …

Comparing RNA‐sequencing datasets from astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia in multiple sclerosis identifies novel dysregulated genes relevant to …

SS Drake, A Zaman, T Simas… - WIREs Mechanisms of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Central nervous system (CNS) inflammation is a key factor in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Invasion of peripheral immune cells into the CNS resulting from an unknown signal or …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals time-and sex-specific responses of spinal cord microglia to peripheral nerve injury and links ApoE to neuropathic pain

S Tansley, S Uttam, A Ureña Guzmán, M Yaqubi… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Activation of microglia in the spinal cord following peripheral nerve injury is critical for the
development of long-lasting pain hypersensitivity. However, it remains unknown whether …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals time-and sex-specific responses of mouse spinal cord microglia to peripheral nerve injury and links ApoE to chronic pain

S Tansley, S Uttam, A Ureña Guzmán, M Yaqubi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Activation of microglia in the spinal cord following peripheral nerve injury is critical for the
development of long-lasting pain hypersensitivity. However, it remains unclear whether …

Microglial heterogeneity in chronic pain

G Sideris-Lampretsas, M Malcangio - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we report existing preclinical evidence on how the CNS compartment as well
as sex affect microglia functions in health. We highlight that recent advances in …

Re-analysis of single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals diverse dorsal root ganglia macrophage responses following peripheral nerve injury

N Korvenlaita, L Louhivuori - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
An increasing amount of evidence points to an important role of macrophages in peripheral
nerve injury (PNI) and associated pain. Peripheral nerve macrophages facilitate the …