The therapeutic potential of natural killer cells in neuropathic pain

HW Kim, S Wang, AJ Davies, SB Oh - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Novel disease-modifying treatments for neuropathic pain are urgently required. The cellular
immune response to nerve injury represents a promising target for therapeutic development …

Rethinking the use of NSAIDs in early acute pain

M Sisignano, G Geisslinger - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most widely used analgesics to treat
inflammatory pain. Despite their efficacy, recent studies show that NSAID use in early acute …

A multi-ancestry genetic study of pain intensity in 598,339 veterans

S Toikumo, R Vickers-Smith, Z Jinwala, H Xu, D Saini… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic pain is a common problem, with more than one-fifth of adult Americans reporting
pain daily or on most days. It adversely affects the quality of life and imposes substantial …

Improving neuropathic pain treatment–by rigorous stratification from bench to bedside

N Soliman, D Kersebaum, T Lawn… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic pain is a constantly recurring and persistent illness, presenting a formidable
healthcare challenge for patients and physicians alike. Current first‐line analgesics offer …

Plasma proteomic profiles of pain subtypes in adolescents and young adults with endometriosis

N Sasamoto, L Ngo, AF Vitonis, ST Dillon… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What are the similarities and differences in the systemic proteomic
profiles by endometriosis-associated pain subtypes among adolescents and young adults …

Finding new analgesics: Computational pharmacology faces drug discovery challenges

A Barakat, G Munro, AM Heegaard - Biochemical pharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the worldwide prevalence and huge burden of pain, pain is an undertreated
phenomenon. Currently used analgesics have several limitations regarding their efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Genetically regulated gene expression in the brain associated with chronic pain: Relationships with clinical traits and potential for drug repurposing

KJA Johnston, AC Cote, E Hicks, J Johnson… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Chronic pain is a common, poorly understood condition. Genetic studies
including genome-wide association studies have identified many relevant variants, which …

Psycho-Neuroendocrinology in the Rehabilitation Field: Focus on the Complex Interplay between Stress and Pain

M Bonanno, D Papa, A Cerasa, MG Maggio… - Medicina, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chronic stress and chronic pain share neuro-anatomical, endocrinological, and biological
features. However, stress prepares the body for challenging situations or mitigates tissue …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of pain intensity in a sample of 598,339 US veterans

S Toikumo, R Vickers-Smith, Z Jinwala, H Xu, D Saini… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic pain is a common problem, with more than one-fifth of adult Americans reporting
pain daily or on most days. It adversely affects quality of life and imposes substantial …

Can we achieve pain stratification in musculoskeletal conditions? Implications for clinical practice

N Sofat, A Lambarth - Frontiers in Pain Research, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In the last few years there has been an increased appreciation that pain perception in
rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) has several mechanisms which include …