[HTML][HTML] Calcitonin gene-related peptide attenuated discogenic low back pain in rats possibly via inhibiting microglia activation

W Xie, F Li, Y Han, X Chi, Y Qin, F Ye, Z Li, J Xiao - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Discogenic low back pain (DLBP) is a multifactorial disease and associated with
intervertebral disc degeneration. Calcitonin gene-related protein (CGRP) plays a critical role …

CGRP Regulates Nucleus Pulposus Cell Apoptosis and Inflammation via the MAPK/NF‐κB Signaling Pathways during Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

K Sun, J Zhu, C Yan, F Li, F Kong, J Sun… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) has been proved to be the dominating cause of disability in
patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. Of the various etiological factors, intervertebral …

[HTML][HTML] Calcitonin gene-related peptide regulates spinal microglial activation through the histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation via enhancer of zeste homolog-2 in rats …

Q An, C Sun, R Li, S Chen, X Gu, S An… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) as a mediator of microglial activation
at the transcriptional level may facilitate nociceptive signaling. Trimethylation of H3 lysine 27 …

Implication of microglia activation and CSF1/CSF1R pathway in lumbar disc degeneration-related back pain

G Yang, L Chen, Z Gao, Y Wang - Molecular pain, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Back pain is common and costly. Although lumbar disc degeneration has long been
regarded as a major contributor to back pain, how disc degeneration leads to back pain …

Src-family kinases activation in spinal microglia contributes to central sensitization and chronic pain after lumbar disc herniation

Y Huang, Y Li, X Zhong, Y Hu, P Liu, Y Zhao… - Molecular …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Lumbar disc herniation is a major cause of radicular pain, but the underlying
mechanisms remain largely unknown. Spinal activation of src-family kinases are involved in …

Reactive Oxygen Species Induced Upregulation of TRPV1 in Dorsal Root Ganglia Results in Low Back Pain in Rats

X Chen, Z Chen, G Ma, J Sha, S Zhao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) contain sensory neurons that innervate
intervertebral discs (IVDs) and may play a critical role in mediating low-back pain (LBP), but …

Intervertebral disc degeneration-induced expression of pain-related molecules: glial cell-derived neurotropic factor as a key factor

WW Jung, HS Kim, JR Shon, M Lee… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background Discogenic low back pain has been shown to develop into chronic intractable
pain due to an unknown pathogenesis. To study the mechanism of discogenic pain, we …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor in injured intervertebral discs attenuates pain-related neuropeptide expression in dorsal root ganglia in rats

J Sato, K Inage, M Miyagi, Y Sakuma… - Asian Spine …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inhibiting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Injured Intervertebral Discs Attenuates Pain-Related
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Dexamethasone suppresses radicular pain through targeting the L‐PGDS/PI3K/Akt pathway in rats with lumbar disc herniation

W Xu, W Ding, H Sheng, D Lu, X Xu, B Xu - Pain Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a frequently occurring disease with unknown
etiology, which makes treatment a challenge. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects …

[HTML][HTML] Intrathecal injection of spironolactone attenuates radicular pain by inhibition of spinal microglia activation in a rat model

Y Sun, L Peng, X Sun, J Bo, D Yang, Y Zheng, C Liu… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Microglia might play an important role in nociceptive processing and
hyperalgesia by neuroinflammatory process. Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) expressed on …