Mechanistic insights into the role of the chemokine CCL2/CCR2 axis in dorsal root ganglia to peripheral inflammation and pain hypersensitivity

MA Dansereau, É Midavaine, V Bégin-Lavallée… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Pain is reported as the leading cause of disability in the common forms of
inflammatory arthritis conditions. Acting as a key player in nociceptive processing …

Chemokine receptor CXCR2 in dorsal root ganglion contributes to the maintenance of inflammatory pain

DL Cao, B Qian, ZJ Zhang, YJ Gao, XB Wu - Brain Research Bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Chemokines and their receptors have been demonstrated to be important contributors to the
development and maintenance of chronic pain. Recent studies showed that chemokine …

Stromal cell-derived CCL2 drives neuropathic pain states through myeloid cell infiltration in injured nerve

J Van Steenwinckel, C Auvynet, A Sapienza… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain resulting from peripheral nerve injury involves many persistent
neuroinflammatory processes including inflammatory chemokines that control leukocyte …

Blockade of CC chemokine receptor type 3 diminishes pain and enhances opioid analgesic potency in a model of neuropathic pain

K Pawlik, A Ciechanowska, K Ciapała… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain is a serious clinical issue, and its treatment remains a challenge in
contemporary medicine. Thus, dynamic development in the area of animal and clinical …

CCR2 chemokine receptor signaling mediates pain in experimental osteoarthritis

RE Miller, PB Tran, R Das… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of chronic pain, but almost nothing is known
about the mechanisms and molecules that mediate osteoarthritis-associated joint pain …

The blockade of CC chemokine receptor type 1 influences the level of nociceptive factors and enhances opioid analgesic potency in a rat model of neuropathic pain

K Pawlik, A Piotrowska, K Kwiatkowski, K Ciapała… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of evidence has indicated that the release of nociceptive factors, such as
interleukins and chemokines, by activated immune and glial cells has crucial significance for …

Spinal CCL2 promotes pain sensitization by rapid enhancement of NMDA-induced currents through the ERK-GluN2B pathway in mouse lamina II neurons

H Zhang, SB Ma, YJ Gao, JL Xing, H Xian, ZZ Li… - Neuroscience …, 2020 - Springer
Previous studies have shown that CCL2 (C–C motif chemokine ligand 2) induces chronic
pain, but the exact mechanisms are still unknown. Here, we established models to explore …

CCL-1 in the spinal cord contributes to neuropathic pain induced by nerve injury

N Akimoto, K Honda, D Uta, K Beppu, Y Ushijima… - Cell death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Cytokines such as interleukins are known to be involved in the development of neuropathic
pain through activation of neuroglia. However, the role of chemokine (CC motif) ligand 1 …

CCL2 released from neuronal synaptic vesicles in the spinal cord is a major mediator of local inflammation and pain after peripheral nerve injury

J Van Steenwinckel, A Reaux-Le Goazigo… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
CCL2 chemokine and its receptor CCR2 may contribute to neuropathic pain development.
We tested the hypothesis that injury to peripheral nerves triggers CCL2 release from …

Role of interleukin-4, the chemokine CCL3 and its receptor CCR5 in neuropathic pain

S Sun, D Chen, F Lin, M Chen, H Yu, L Hou, C Li - Molecular immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Cytokines and chemokines are involved in chronic pain syndromes, and their expression is
altered in injury-induced neuronal pain pathways. However, the exact cytokines/chemokines …