Osteoarthritis: toward a comprehensive understanding of pathological mechanism

DI Chen, J Shen, W Zhao, T Wang, L Han, JL Hamilton… - Bone research, 2017 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease and a major cause of
pain and disability in adult individuals. The etiology of OA includes joint injury, obesity …

Macrophage biology in the peripheral nervous system after injury

RE Zigmond, FD Echevarria - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation has positive and negative effects. This review focuses on the roles of
macrophage in the PNS. Transection of PNS axons leads to degeneration and clearance of …

A nerve injury–specific long noncoding RNA promotes neuropathic pain by increasing Ccl2 expression

S Du, S Wu, X Feng, B Wang, S Xia… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Maladaptive changes of nerve injury–associated genes in dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) are
critical for neuropathic pain genesis. Emerging evidence supports the role of long noncoding …

Breaking barriers to novel analgesic drug development

AS Yekkirala, DP Roberson, BP Bean… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Acute and chronic pain complaints, although common, are generally poorly served by
existing therapies. This unmet clinical need reflects a failure to develop novel classes of …

Pathological pain and the neuroimmune interface

PM Grace, MR Hutchinson, SF Maier… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Reciprocal signalling between immunocompetent cells in the central nervous system (CNS)
has emerged as a key phenomenon underpinning pathological and chronic pain …

Glia and pain: is chronic pain a gliopathy?

RR Ji, T Berta, M Nedergaard - Pain®, 2013 - Elsevier
Activation of glial cells and neuro–glial interactions are emerging as key mechanisms
underlying chronic pain. Accumulating evidence has implicated 3 types of glial cells in the …

Chemokines in neuron–glial cell interaction and pathogenesis of neuropathic pain

ZJ Zhang, BC Jiang, YJ Gao - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Neuropathic pain resulting from damage or dysfunction of the nervous system is a highly
debilitating chronic pain state and is often resistant to currently available treatments. It has …

Importance of glial activation in neuropathic pain

J Mika, M Zychowska, K Popiolek-Barczyk… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Glia plays a crucial role in the maintenance of neuronal homeostasis in the central nervous
system. The microglial production of immune factors is believed to play an important role in …

Mechanisms of cancer dissemination along nerves

M Amit, S Na'Ara, Z Gil - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The local extension of cancer cells along nerves is a frequent clinical finding for various
tumours. Traditionally, nerve invasion was assumed to occur via the path of least resistance; …

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 …