Mediators of neuropathic pain; focus on spinal microglia, CSF-1, BDNF, CCL21, TNF-α, Wnt ligands, and interleukin 1β

PA Boakye, SJ Tang, PA Smith - Frontiers in Pain Research, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Intractable neuropathic pain is a frequent consequence of nerve injury or disease. When
peripheral nerves are injured, damaged axons undergo Wallerian degeneration. Schwann …

Wnt signaling pathways: A role in pain processing

Y Tang, Y Chen, R Liu, W Li, B Hua, Y Bao - NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The wingless-related integration site (Wnt) signaling pathway plays an essential role in
embryonic development and nervous system regulation. It is critically involved in multiple …

miR‐26a‐5p alleviates CFA‐induced chronic inflammatory hyperalgesia through Wnt5a/CaMKII/NFAT signaling in mice

Y Lu, M Liu, X Guo, P Wang, F Zeng… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inflammation often leads to the occurrence of chronic pain, and many miRNAs
have been shown to play a key role in the development of inflammatory pain. However …

Axon guidance molecules and pain

E Damo, M Simonetti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that influences the social, economic, and
psychological aspects of patients' lives. Hence, the need for better treatment is drawing …

Pathogenic mechanisms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated pain

X Liu, SJ Tang - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic pain is a prevalent neurological complication among individuals living with human
immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in the post-combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era …

BDNF in neuropathic pain; the culprit that cannot be apprehended

PA Smith - Neuroscience, 2024 - Elsevier
In males but not in females, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an obligatory
role in the onset and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Afferent terminals of injured …

Spinal Wnt5a plays a key role in spinal dendritic spine remodeling in neuropathic and inflammatory pain models and in the proalgesic effects of peripheral Wnt3a

M Simonetti, R Kuner - Journal of Neuroscience, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Wnt signaling represents a highly versatile signaling system, which plays critical roles in
developmental morphogenesis as well as synaptic physiology in adult life and is implicated …

Wnt signaling: A prospective therapeutic target for chronic pain

YQ Zhou, XB Tian, YK Tian, W Mei, DQ Liu… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the rapid advance over the past decades to design effective therapeutic
pharmacological interventions, chronic pain remains to be an unresolved healthcare …

Neuron activity–induced Wnt signaling up-regulates expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the pain neural circuit

W Zhang, Y Shi, Y Peng, L Zhong, S Zhu… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a master regulator of synaptic plasticity in
various neural circuits of the mammalian central nervous system. Neuron activity–induced …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms driving neuropathic pain: recent advancements and challenges

V Fernandes, D Sharma, S Vaidya, S PA… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Current pharmacotherapeutics for neuropathic pain offer only symptomatic
relief without treating the underlying pathophysiology. Additionally, they are associated with …