Neuropathic pain: mechanisms, sex differences, and potential therapies for a global problem

S Ghazisaeidi, MM Muley… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The study of chronic pain continues to generate ever-increasing numbers of publications,
but safe and efficacious treatments for chronic pain remain elusive. Recognition of sex …

Extracellular matrix regulation in physiology and in brain disease

A Soles, A Selimovic, K Sbrocco, F Ghannoum… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounds cells in the brain, providing structural and
functional support. Emerging studies demonstrate that the ECM plays important roles during …

SARS-CoV-2 airway infection results in the development of somatosensory abnormalities in a hamster model

RA Serafini, JJ Frere, J Zimering, IM Giosan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Although largely confined to the airways, SARS-CoV-2 infection has been associated with
sensory abnormalities that manifest in both acute and chronic phenotypes. To gain insight …

The genetics of neuropathic pain from model organisms to clinical application

M Calvo, AJ Davies, HL Hebert, GA Weir, EJ Chesler… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Neuropathic pain (NeuP) arises due to injury of the somatosensory nervous system and is
both common and disabling, rendering an urgent need for non-addictive, effective new …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of classical, vascular, and hypermobile ehlers‒danlos syndromes

N Chiarelli, M Ritelli, N Zoppi, M Colombi - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Ehlers‒Danlos syndromes (EDS) constitute a heterogenous group of connective tissue
disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, skin abnormalities, and vascular fragility. The …

Pain in the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes: Mechanisms, models, and challenges

F Malfait, M Colman, R Vroman… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic pain is one of the most common, yet poorly studied, complaints in people suffering
from Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS). This heterogeneous group of heritable connective …

Identification of key candidate genes in neuropathic pain by integrated bioinformatic analysis

S Tang, H Jing, Z Huang, T Huang, S Lin… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to disclose differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in dorsal root ganglia
(DRGs) of neuropathic pain (NP) from spared nerve injury (SNI) model, thereby identifying …

The potent analgesia of intrathecal 2R, 6R-HNK via TRPA1 inhibition in LF-PENS-induced chronic primary pain model

AR Liu, ZJ Lin, M Wei, Y Tang, H Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Chronic primary pain (CPP) is an intractable pain of unknown cause with
significant emotional distress and/or dysfunction that is a leading factor of disability globally …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic signature of chronic low back pain in human T cells

S Grégoire, D Cheishvili, M Salmon-Divon, S Dymov… - Pain …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Determine if chronic low back pain (LBP) is associated with DNA methylation
signatures in human T cells that will reveal novel mechanisms and potential therapeutic …

Analysis of matrisome expression patterns in murine and human dorsal root ganglia

R Vroman, RS Hunter, MJ Wood, OC Davis… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic structure of molecules that can be divided into
six different categories and are collectively called the matrisome. The ECM plays pivotal …