Pain-resolving immune mechanisms in neuropathic pain

NT Fiore, SR Debs, JP Hayes, SS Duffy… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Interactions between the immune and nervous systems are of central importance in
neuropathic pain, a common and debilitating form of chronic pain caused by a lesion or …

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 …

Cross-species transcriptomic atlas of dorsal root ganglia reveals species-specific programs for sensory function

M Jung, M Dourado, J Maksymetz, A Jacobson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) are critical for maintaining tissue
homeostasis by sensing and initiating responses to stimuli. While most preclinical studies of …

RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain

PR Ray, S Shiers, JP Caruso, D Tavares-Ferreira… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Neuropathic pain is a leading cause of high-impact pain, is often disabling and is poorly
managed by current therapeutics. Here we focused on a unique group of neuropathic pain …

Neuropathic pain: From actual pharmacological treatments to new therapeutic horizons

M Thouaye, I Yalcin - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain, caused by a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system, affects
between 3 and 17% of the general population. The treatment of neuropathic pain is …

Self-renewing macrophages in dorsal root ganglia contribute to promote nerve regeneration

R Feng, V Muraleedharan Saraswathy… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Sensory neurons located in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) convey sensory information from
peripheral tissue to the brain. After peripheral nerve injury, sensory neurons switch to a …

CD163+ macrophages monitor enhanced permeability at the blood–dorsal root ganglion barrier

H Lund, MA Hunt, Z Kurtović, K Sandor… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
In dorsal root ganglia (DRG), macrophages reside close to sensory neurons and have
largely been explored in the context of pain, nerve injury, and repair. However, we …

[HTML][HTML] Dermal macrophages set pain sensitivity by modulating the amount of tissue NGF through an SNX25–Nrf2 pathway

T Tanaka, H Okuda, A Isonishi, Y Terada… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cross-talk between peripheral neurons and immune cells is important in pain sensation. We
identified Snx25 as a pain-modulating gene in a transgenic mouse line with reduced pain …

Neuron-associated macrophage proliferation in the sensory ganglia is associated with peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain involving CX3CR1 signaling

RM Guimarães, CE Aníbal-Silva, M Davoli-Ferreira… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Resident macrophages are distributed across all tissues and are highly heterogeneous due
to adaptation to different tissue-specific environments. The resident macrophages of the …

BDNF as a biomarker for neuropathic pain: Consideration of mechanisms of action and associated measurement challenges

B Thakkar, EO Acevedo - Brain and Behavior, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The primary objective of this paper is to (1) provide a summary of human studies
that have used brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a biomarker,(2) review animal …