Targeting macrophage and microglia activation with colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor is an effective strategy to treat injury-triggered neuropathic pain

SH Lee, XQ Shi, A Fan, B West, J Zhang - Molecular pain, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition. The importance of neuroimmune
interactions in neuropathic pain has been evidenced by the involvement of different immune …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological regulation of neuropathic pain driven by inflammatory macrophages

N Kiguchi, D Kobayashi, F Saika, S Matsuzaki… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain can have a major effect on quality of life but current therapies are often
inadequate. Growing evidence suggests that neuropathic pain induced by nerve damage is …

CC‐chemokine ligand 4/macrophage inflammatory protein‐1β participates in the induction of neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury

F Saika, N Kiguchi, Y Kobayashi… - … journal of pain, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Neuropathic pain is caused by neural damage or dysfunction and neuropathic
pain‐related symptoms are resistant to conventional analgesics. Neuroinflammation due to …

[HTML][HTML] The immune aspect in neuropathic pain: role of chemokines

JT Liou, CM Lee, YJ Day - Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica, 2013 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain is a pathological symptom experienced worldwide by patients suffering
with nervous system dysfunction caused by various diseases. Treatment of neuropathic pain …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of colony-stimulating factor 1 to neuropathic pain

X Yu, A Basbaum, Z Guan - Pain reports, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Molecular and cellular interactions among spinal dorsal horn neurons and microglia, the
resident macrophages of the central nervous system, contribute to the induction and …

Selective activation of microglia in spinal cord but not higher cortical regions following nerve injury in adult mouse

F Zhang, KI Vadakkan, SS Kim, LJ Wu… - Molecular …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Neuronal plasticity along the pathway for sensory transmission including the spinal cord and
cortex plays an important role in chronic pain, including inflammatory and neuropathic pain …

Selectively reducing cytokine/chemokine expressing macrophages in injured nerves impairs the development of neuropathic pain

S Echeverry, Y Wu, J Zhang - Experimental neurology, 2013 - Elsevier
It has been well documented that Wallerian degeneration following nerve injury is
associated with inflammatory reaction. Such local inflammation contributes to the …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal NF-κB and chemokine ligand 5 expression during spinal glial cell activation in a neuropathic pain model

Q Yin, Q Fan, Y Zhao, MY Cheng, H Liu, J Li, FF Lu… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The NF-κB pathway and chemokine (CC motif) ligand 5 (CCL5) are involved in
pain modulation; however, the precise mechanisms of their interactions in chronic …

Differential activation of spinal microglial and astroglial cells in a mouse model of peripheral neuropathic pain

J Mika, M Osikowicz, E Rojewska, M Korostynski… - European journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The pharmacological attenuation of glial activation represents a novel approach for
controlling neuropathic pain, but the role of microglial and astroglial cells is not well …

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 …