[HTML][HTML] Monocytes/Macrophages control resolution of transient inflammatory pain

HLDM Willemen, N Eijkelkamp, AG Carbajal, H Wang… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Insights into mechanisms governing resolution of inflammatory pain are of great importance
for many chronic pain–associated diseases. Here we investigate the role of macrophages …

[HTML][HTML] Human cells and networks of pain: Transforming pain target identification and therapeutic development

W Renthal, A Chamessian, M Curatolo, S Davidson… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Chronic pain is a disabling disease with limited treatment options. While animal models
have revealed important aspects of pain neurobiology, therapeutic translation of this …

[HTML][HTML] The innate immune response as a mediator of osteoarthritis pain

RJ Miller, AM Malfait, RE Miller - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2020 - Elsevier
In this narrative review, we discuss the emerging role of innate immunity in osteoarthritis
(OA) joint pain. First, we give a brief description of the pain pathway in the context of OA …

Transition to chronic pain: opportunities for novel therapeutics

TJ Price, AI Basbaum, J Bresnahan… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Although chronic pain is one of the most important medical problems facing society, there
has been very limited progress in the development of novel therapies for this condition …

Evidence for shared pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis, low back pain, and fibromyalgia

R Staud - Current rheumatology reports, 2011 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA), low back pain (LBP), and fibromyalgia (FM) are common chronic pain
disorders that occur frequently in the general population. They are a significant cause of …

Emerging targets in neuroinflammation-driven chronic pain

RR Ji, ZZ Xu, YJ Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Current analgesics predominately modulate pain transduction and transmission in neurons
and have limited success in controlling disease progression. Accumulating evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic pain: structural and functional changes in brain structures and associated negative affective states

S Yang, MC Chang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chronic pain is a condition in which pain progresses from an acute to chronic state and
persists beyond the healing process. Chronic pain impairs function and decreases patients' …

The biology of pain: through the rheumatology lens

F Sunzini, A Schrepf, DJ Clauw… - Arthritis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic pain is a major socioeconomic burden globally. The most frequent origin of chronic
pain is musculoskeletal. In inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases such as rheumatoid …

[HTML][HTML] Central pain mechanisms in rheumatic diseases: future directions

K Phillips, DJ Clauw - Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pain is a prominent component of many rheumatologic conditions, and is the result of a
complex physiologic interaction of central and peripheral nervous system signaling that …

Divergent roles of immune cells and their mediators in pain

R Raoof, HLDM Willemen, N Eijkelkamp - Rheumatology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain is a major debilitating condition that is difficult to treat. Although chronic pain
may appear to be a disorder of the nervous system, crucial roles for immune cells and their …