Nerve growth factor‐mediated regulation of pain signalling and proposed new intervention strategies in clinical pain management

L McKelvey, GD Shorten… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is the founding member of the neurotrophins family of proteins. It
was discovered more than half a century ago through its ability to promote sensory and …

NGF and BDNF in pediatrics syndromes

G Ferraguti, S Terracina, G Micangeli… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurotrophins (NTs) as nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor
(BDNF) play multiple roles in different settings including neuronal development, function and …

Mechanisms of disease in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies

A Rotthier, J Baets, V Timmerman… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies (HSANs) are a clinically and genetically
heterogeneous group of disorders of the PNS. Progressive degeneration, predominantly of …

Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery of Chemically Modified NGFR100W mRNA Alleviates Peripheral Neuropathy

X Yu, Z Yang, Y Zhang, J Xia, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries genetic instructions to the cell machinery for the transient
production of antigens or therapeutic proteins and shows enormous potential in vaccine …

Nerve growth factor and Alzheimer's disease: new facts for an old hypothesis

A Cattaneo, P Calissano - Molecular neurobiology, 2012 - Springer
Understanding sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) onset and progression requires an
explanation of what triggers the common core of abnormal processing of the amyloid …

Taking pain out of NGF: a “painless” NGF mutant, linked to hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type V, with full neurotrophic activity

S Capsoni, S Covaceuszach, S Marinelli, M Ceci… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
During adulthood, the neurotrophin Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) sensitizes nociceptors,
thereby increasing the response to noxious stimuli. The relationship between NGF and pain …

Intranasal “painless” human nerve growth factors slows amyloid neurodegeneration and prevents memory deficits in App X PS1 mice

S Capsoni, S Marinelli, M Ceci, D Vignone, G Amato… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is being considered as a therapeutic candidate for Alzheimer's
disease (AD) treatment but the clinical application is hindered by its potent pro-nociceptive …

[HTML][HTML] Painless Nerve Growth Factor: A TrkA biased agonist mediating a broad neuroprotection via its actions on microglia cells

A Cattaneo, S Capsoni - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is a therapeutic candidate for Alzheimer's disease,
based on its well known actions on basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. However, because …

Intranasal delivery of therapeutic proteins for neurological diseases

F Malerba, F Paoletti, S Capsoni… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Among the range of therapeutic protein candidates for new generation
treatments of neurological diseases, neurotrophic factors and recombinant antibodies hold …

Pro‐neurotrophins, sortilin, and nociception

GR Lewin, A Nykjaer - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling is important in the development and functional
maintenance of nociceptors, but it also plays a central role in initiating and sustaining heat …