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 …

Injured sensory neurons-derived galectin-3 contributes to neuropathic pain via programming microglia in the spinal dorsal horn

L Shan, K Xu, L Ji, Q Zeng, Y Liu, Y Wu, Y Chen… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging studies have demonstrated spinal microglia play a critical role in central
sensitization and contribute to chronic pain. Although several mediators that contribute to …

Bidirectional modulation between infiltrating CD3+ T-lymphocytes and astrocytes in the spinal cord drives the development of allodynia in monoarthritic rats

YL Zhou, SZ Zhou, HL Li, ML Hu, H Li, QH Guo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests that T cells and glia participate in the process of neuropathic
pain. However, little is known about the involvement of T cells or the interaction between glia …

Normalization of cholesterol metabolism in spinal microglia alleviates neuropathic pain

JM Navia-Pelaez, SH Choi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Neuroinflammation is a major component in the transition to and perpetuation of neuropathic
pain states. Spinal neuroinflammation involves activation of TLR4, localized to enlarged …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophages and glial cells: Innate immune drivers of inflammatory arthritic pain perception from peripheral joints to the central nervous system

KF Malange, JM Navia-Pelaez, EV Dias… - Frontiers in Pain …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Millions of people suffer from arthritis worldwide, consistently struggling with daily activities
due to debilitating pain evoked by this disease. Perhaps the most intensively investigated …

[PDF][PDF] Microglia-secreted galectin-3 acts as a toll-like receptor 4 ligand and contributes to microglial activation

MA Burguillos, M Svensson, T Schulte, A Boza-Serrano… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Inflammatory response induced by microglia plays a critical role in the demise of neuronal
populations in neuroinflammatory diseases. Although the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in …

The AMPK pathway triggers autophagy during CSF1-induced microglial activation and may be implicated in inducing neuropathic pain

G Yang, Q Tan, Z Li, K Liu, J Wu, W Ye, H Mei… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development and maintenance of neuropathic pain is now given far more attention in
the clinic work. Increasing evidence has shown that colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF1) is …

Upregulated TLR3 promotes neuropathic pain by regulating autophagy in rat with L5 spinal nerve ligation model

W Chen, Z Lu - Neurochemical research, 2017 - Springer
Microglia, rapidly activated following peripheral nerve injury (PNI), accumulate within the
spinal cord and adopt inflammation that contributes to development and maintenance of …

GT 1b functions as a novel endogenous agonist of toll‐like receptor 2 inducing neuropathic pain

H Lim, J Lee, B You, JH Oh, HJ Mok, YS Kim… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Spinal cord microglia contribute to nerve injury‐induced neuropathic pain. We have
previously demonstrated that toll‐like receptor 2 (TLR 2) signaling is critical for nerve injury …

Impaired chronic pain‐like behaviour and altered opioidergic system in the TASTPM mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Y Aman, T Pitcher, C Ballard… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chronic pain conditions, especially osteoarthritis (OA), are as common in
individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) as in the general elderly population, which results …