The role of neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain: mechanisms and therapeutic targets

RR Myers, WM Campana, VI Shubayev - Drug discovery today, 2006 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation is a proinflammatory cytokine-mediated process that can be provoked by
systemic tissue injury but it is most often associated with direct injury to the nervous system …

Anticytokine therapy in neuropathic pain management

M Schäfers, C Sommer - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Cytokine activation or dysregulation is implied in a variety of painful disease states.
Numerous experimental studies provide evidence that proinflammatory cytokines induce or …

TNF-α and neuropathic pain-a review

L Leung, CM Cahill - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2010 - Springer
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) was discovered more than a century ago, and its known
roles have extended from within the immune system to include a neuro-inflammatory domain …

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

AG Vanderwall, ED Milligan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Current pain therapeutics offer inadequate relief to patients with chronic pain. A growing
literature supports that pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling between immune, glial, and …

Targeting cytokines for treatment of neuropathic pain

AL Hung, M Lim, TL Doshi - Scandinavian journal of pain, 2017 - degruyter.com
Background Neuropathic pain is a challenging condition often refractory to existing
therapies. An increasing number of studies have indicated that the immune system plays a …

Immune and inflammatory mechanisms in neuropathic pain

G Moalem, DJ Tracey - Brain research reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Tissue damage, inflammation or injury of the nervous system may result in chronic
neuropathic pain characterised by increased sensitivity to painful stimuli (hyperalgesia), the …

Cytokine modulation is necessary for efficacious treatment of experimental neuropathic pain

P Sacerdote, S Franchi, S Moretti, M Castelli… - Journal of neuroimmune …, 2013 - Springer
Neuropathic pain originates from a damage or disease affecting the somatosensory system.
Its treatment is unsatisfactory as it appears refractory to most analgesics. Animal models of …

Stress/cell death pathways, neuroinflammation, and neuropathic pain

L Li, T Li, X Qu, G Sun, Q Fu, G Han - Immunological reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropathic pain is a common and debilitating modality of chronic pain induced by a lesion
or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Albeit the elucidation of numerous …

The neuro-immune balance in neuropathic pain: involvement of inflammatory immune cells, immune-like glial cells and cytokines

PJ Austin, G Moalem-Taylor - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2010 - Elsevier
In a large proportion of individuals nervous system damage may lead to a debilitating
chronic neuropathic pain. Such pain may now be considered a neuro-immune disorder …

Neuropathic pain and cytokines: current perspectives

AK Clark, EA Old, M Malcangio - Journal of pain research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Neuropathic pain represents a major problem in clinical medicine because it causes
debilitating suffering and is largely resistant to currently available analgesics. A …