Spinal microglia contribute to sustained inflammatory pain via amplifying neuronal activity

N Gu, MH Yi, M Murugan, M Xie, S Parusel, J Peng… - Molecular brain, 2022 - Springer
… The functional significance of this acute microglia-neuron interaction and its potential role
in the … dynamics following formalin injection are dependent on microglial P2Y12 signaling. …

Chemogenetic activation of CX3CR1-expressing spinal microglia using Gq-DREADD elicits mechanical allodynia in male mice

F Saika, S Matsuzaki, S Kishioka, N Kiguchi - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
… dorsal horn (DH) have been reported to be pivotal in neuropathic pain induction in male
rodents … Moreover, inhibitors of key signaling molecules in the spinal cord microglia-to-neuron …

Chemogenetic manipulation of microglia inhibits neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain in mice

MH Yi, YU Liu, K Liu, T Chen, DB Bosco… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… that AAV9-mediated DREADD expression in rat spinal microglia could affect morphine-…
of-principle that Gi signaling in microglia can suppress their pro-inflammatory activation and …

The CCL2 elevation in primary afferent fibers produces zymosan-induced hyperalgesia through microglia-mediated neuronal activation in the spinal dorsal horn

S Chun, YB Kwon - Brain research bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
… adaptors to initiate downstream signaling pathways leading to … In rats without zymosan-induced
inflammation, CCL2 … of spinal microglia by DREADDs significantly evokes pain

Macrophages and microglia in inflammation and neuroinflammation underlying different pain states

O Chen, X Luo, RR Ji - Medical Review, 2023 - degruyter.com
… Furthermore, microglia of male rats were transfected with inhibitory Gi DREADDs and …
This finding indicates that the activation of inhibitory Gi DREADDs in spinal microglia can help …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokines in pain: harnessing endogenous anti-inflammatory signaling for improved pain management

AG Vanderwall, ED Milligan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… on microglia and trafficking immune cells in the lumbar spinal cords and on peripheral immune
cells of neuropathic PAE rats (… Drug [DREADD] system) or direct inhibition of specific pro-…

Chronic hM3Dq signaling in microglia ameliorates neuroinflammation in male mice

W Binning, AE Hogan-Cann, DY Sakae… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Here, we took advantage of DREADD technology to … progenitor) signaling in these cells,
with implications for other … or hM4Di DREADDs were expressed in spinal cord microglia by …

Chemogenetic regulation of CX3CR1-expressing microglia using Gi-DREADD exerts sex-dependent anti-allodynic effects in mouse models of neuropathic pain

F Saika, S Matsuzaki, D Kobayashi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
spinal microglia play an important role in the molecular mechanism underlying experimental
neuropathic pain (NP) in male rodents… hM4Di-signaling in CX3CR1 + microglia can exert an …

Microglial modulation as a target for chronic pain: from the bench to the bedside and back

ES Haight, TE Forman, SA Cordonnier… - Anesthesia & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… and profound biopsychosocial implications, chronic pain is a … difference in microglial
activation between rodents and … kinase in spinal microglia is required for persistent pain after …

Chemogenetic and optogenetic manipulations of microglia in chronic pain

S Parusel, MH Yi, CL Hunt, LJ Wu - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
… use Gi and Gq DREADDs in rat microglia by viral expression [55, 56]. Spinal microglia were
… activation can attenuate pro-inflammatory signaling including through the nuclear factor of …