Clinical characteristics and mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain in long COVID

O Khoja, B Silva Passadouro, M Mulvey… - Journal of Pain …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is being increasingly reported by patients as one of
the most common persistent symptoms in post-COVID-19 syndrome or Long COVID …

Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models

F Distéfano-Gagné, S Bitarafan, S Lacroix… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
As resident macrophages of the CNS, microglia are critical immune effectors of inflammatory
lesions and associated neural dysfunctions. In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal …

IRAK4 degrader in hidradenitis suppurativa and atopic dermatitis: a phase 1 trial

L Ackerman, G Acloque, S Bacchelli, H Schwartz… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Toll-like receptor–driven and interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor–driven inflammation mediated by
IL-1 receptor–associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) is involved in the pathophysiology of hidradenitis …

Chronic pain in musculoskeletal diseases: Do you know your enemy?

R Bonanni, I Cariati, V Tancredi, R Iundusi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Musculoskeletal pain is a condition that characterises several diseases and represents a
constantly growing issue with enormous socio-economic burdens, highlighting the …

One immune system plays many parts: the dynamic role of the immune system in chronic pain and opioid pharmacology

S Mustafa, JE Bajic, B Barry, S Evans, KR Siemens… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition from acute to chronic pain is an ongoing major problem for individuals, society
and healthcare systems around the world. It is clear chronic pain is a complex …

Galectin-3 activates spinal microglia to induce inflammatory nociception in wild type but not in mice modelling Alzheimer's disease

G Sideris-Lampretsas, S Oggero, L Zeboudj… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Musculoskeletal chronic pain is prevalent in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD);
however, it remains largely untreated in these patients, raising the possibility that pain …

Inflammation and histone modification in chronic pain

W Jiang, LX Zhang, XY Tan, P Yu, M Dong - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms have great potential in the field of
pain. The changes and roles of epigenetics of the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia in the …

Sensory neuron–associated macrophages as novel modulators of neuropathic pain

CEA Silva, RM Guimarães, TM Cunha - Pain Reports, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The peripheral nervous system comprises an infinity of neural networks that act in the
communication between the central nervous system and the most diverse tissues of the …

Silencing P2X7R alleviates diabetic neuropathic pain involving TRPV1 via PKCε/P38MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway in rats

L Chen, H Wang, J Xing, X Shi, H Huang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transient receptor potential vanillic acid 1 (TRPV1) is an ion channel activated by heat and
inflammatory factors involved in the development of various types of pain. The P2X7 …

Immunosensation: neuroimmune cross talk in the skin

M Tamari, AM Ver Heul, BS Kim - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Classically, skin was considered a mere structural barrier protecting organisms from a
diversity of environmental insults. In recent decades, the cutaneous immune system has …