Neuropathic pain: mechanism-based therapeutics

K Bannister, J Sachau, R Baron… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Neuropathic pain (NeP) can result from sources as varied as nerve compression,
channelopathies, autoimmune disease, and incision. By identifying the neurobiological …

Chemokines in chronic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

BC Jiang, T Liu, YJ Gao - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic pain resulting from nerve injury, tissue inflammation, and tumor invasion or
treatment, is a major health problem impacting the quality of life and producing a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinflammation and its impact on the pathogenesis of COVID-19

MM Almutairi, F Sivandzade, TH Albekairi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 …

[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 …

How to study anxiety and depression in rodent models of chronic pain?

M Kremer, LJ Becker, M Barrot… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mood disorders such as depression and anxiety are frequently observed in patients
suffering from chronic pain. Over time, different tests and models have been developed in …

Macrophagic and microglial complexity after neuronal injury

F Mesquida-Veny, JA Del Río, A Hervera - Progress in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) injuries do not heal properly in contrast to normal tissue
repair, in which functional recovery typically occurs. The reason for this dichotomy in wound …

Activation of neuroprotective microglia and astrocytes at the lesion site and in the adjacent segments is crucial for spontaneous locomotor recovery after spinal cord …

A Kisucká, K Bimbová, M Bačová, J Gálik, N Lukáčová - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microglia and astrocytes play an important role in the regulation of immune responses under
various pathological conditions. To detect environmental cues associated with the …

CXCL13 contributes to chronic pain of a mouse model of CRPS-I via CXCR5-mediated NF-κB activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine production in spinal cord …

J Wang, C Yin, Y Pan, Y Yang, W Li, H Ni, B Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Complex regional pain syndrome type-I (CRPS-I) causes excruciating pain that
affect patients' life quality. However, the mechanisms underlying CRPS-I are incompletely …

[HTML][HTML] Current knowledge of microglia in traumatic spinal cord injury

L Xu, J Wang, Y Ding, L Wang, YJ Zhu - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS). After traumatic
spinal cord injury (SCI), microglia undergo activation, proliferation, and changes in gene and …

Current understanding of osteoarthritis pathogenesis and relevant new approaches

L Tong, H Yu, X Huang, J Shen, G Xiao, L Chen… - Bone research, 2022 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease that causes painful
swelling and permanent damage to the joints in the body. The molecular mechanisms of OA …