Anti-inflammatory effects of Metformin improve the neuropathic pain and locomotor activity in spinal cord injured rats: introduction of an alternative therapy

K Afshari, A Dehdashtian, NS Haddadi, A Haj-Mirzaian… - Spinal cord, 2018 - nature.com
Study design This is an animal study. Objectives Metformin is a safe drug for controlling
blood sugar in diabetes. It has been shown that metformin improves locomotor recovery after …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive oxygen species scavengers ameliorate mechanical allodynia in a rat model of cancer-induced bone pain

YQ Zhou, DQ Liu, SP Chen, J Sun, XR Zhou, H Rittner… - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) is a frequent complication in patients suffering from bone
metastases. Previous studies have demonstrated a pivotal role of reactive oxygen species …

PI3K/Akt pathway: a potential therapeutic target for chronic pain

SP Chen, YQ Zhou, DQ Liu, W Zhang… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Chronic pain is among the most disabling and costly disorders, with prevalence ranging
from 10% to 55%. However, current therapeutic strategies for chronic pain are unsatisfactory …

Pharmacological inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome as a potential target for cancer-induced bone pain

SP Chen, YQ Zhou, XM Wang, J Sun, F Cao… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) remains a major challenge in patients suffering from bone
metastases because of the complex mechanisms and unsatisfactory treatments. Emerging …

Glial and neuroimmune cell choreography in sexually dimorphic pain signaling

É Midavaine, J Côté, S Marchand, P Sarret - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is a major global health issue that affects all populations regardless of sex,
age, ethnicity/race, or country of origin, leading to persistent physical and emotional distress …

Hippocampal glutamatergic synapses impairment mediated novel-object recognition dysfunction in rats with neuropathic pain

B Xiong, W Zhang, L Zhang, X Huang, W Zhou, Q Zou… - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Cognitive impairment is one of the most common complications associated with chronic
pain. Almost 20% of chronic pain patients suffer from cognitive impairment, which may …

Minocycline as a promising therapeutic strategy for chronic pain

YQ Zhou, DQ Liu, SP Chen, J Sun, XM Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic pain remains to be a clinical challenge due to insufficient therapeutic strategies.
Minocycline is a member of the tetracycline class of antibiotics, which has been used in …

Sinomenine attenuates cancer-induced bone pain via suppressing microglial JAK2/STAT3 and neuronal CAMKII/CREB cascades in rat models

SP Chen, J Sun, YQ Zhou, F Cao, C Braun… - Molecular …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer-induced bone pain is one of the most severe types of pathological pain, which often
occurs in patients with advanced prostate, breast, and lung cancer. It is of great significance …

Spinal cord stimulation enhances microglial activation in the spinal cord of nerve-injured rats

B Shu, SQ He, Y Guan - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020 - Springer
Microglia can modulate spinal nociceptive transmission. Yet, their role in spinal cord
stimulation (SCS)-induced pain inhibition is unclear. Here, we examined how SCS affects …

Minocycline relieves depressive-like behaviors in rats with bone cancer pain by inhibiting microglia activation in hippocampus

J Dai, Z Ding, J Zhang, W Xu, Q Guo, W Zou… - Anesthesia & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Pain and depression are highly prevalent symptoms in cancer patients.
They tend to occur simultaneously and affect each other and share biological pathways and …