The NLRP3 inflammasome: an emerging therapeutic target for chronic pain

R Chen, C Yin, J Fang, B Liu - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2021 - Springer
Chronic pain affects the life quality of the suffering patients and posts heavy problems to the
health care system. Conventional medications are usually insufficient for chronic pain …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2022

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Specific inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome suppresses immune overactivation and alleviates COVID-19 like pathology in mice

J Zeng, X Xie, XL Feng, L Xu, JB Han, D Yu, QC Zou… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a
great threat to global public health since 2020. Although the advance on vaccine …

Divanillyl sulfone suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation via inducing mitophagy to ameliorate chronic neuropathic pain in mice

S Shao, CB Xu, CJ Chen, GN Shi, QL Guo… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Chronic neuropathic pain is a frequent sequel to peripheral nerve injury and
maladaptive nervous system function. Divanillyl sulfone (DS), a novel structural derivative of …

Melatonin attenuates spinal cord injury in mice by activating the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway to inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome

H Wang, H Wang, H Huang, Z Qu, D Ma, X Dang… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a central nervous system (CNS) trauma involving
inflammation and oxidative stress, which play important roles in this trauma's pathogenesis …

The role of melatonin on NLRP3 inflammasome activation in diseases

BI Arioz, E Tarakcioglu, M Olcum, S Genc - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
NLRP3 inflammasome is a part of the innate immune system and responsible for the rapid
identification and eradication of pathogenic microbes, metabolic stress products, reactive …

The significance of NLRP inflammasome in neuropsychiatric disorders

Y Shen, L Qian, H Luo, X Li, Y Ruan, R Fan, Z Si… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The NLRP inflammasome is a multi-protein complex which mainly consists of the nucleotide-
binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat, and pyrin domain. Its activation is …

Suppression of NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD mediated corneal epithelium pyroptosis using melatonin-loaded liposomes to inhibit benzalkonium chloride-induced dry …

Q Lou, L Pan, S Xiang, Y Li, J Jin, J Tan… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is widely employed as a preservative in eye
drops, which will cause the death of corneal epithelial cells due to ROS production, DNA …

Melatonin, its metabolites and their interference with reactive nitrogen compounds

R Hardeland - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melatonin and several of its metabolites are interfering with reactive nitrogen. With the notion
of prevailing melatonin formation in tissues that exceeds by far the quantities in blood …

GSNOR deficiency attenuates MPTP-induced neurotoxicity and autophagy by facilitating CDK5 S-nitrosation in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

L Jiao, LY Su, Q Liu, R Luo, X Qiao, T Xie… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) is a key denitrosating enzyme that regulates
protein S-nitrosation, a process which has been found to be involved in the pathogenesis of …