Neuroinflammation and central sensitization in chronic and widespread pain

RR Ji, A Nackley, Y Huh, N Terrando… - …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic pain is maintained in part by central sensitization, a phenomenon of synaptic
plasticity and increased neuronal responsiveness in central pain pathways after painful …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between cytokines, inflammation, and antioxidants: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic potentials of various antioxidants and anti-cytokine …

NK Bhol, MM Bhanjadeo, AK Singh, UC Dash… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cytokines regulate immune responses essential for maintaining immune homeostasis, as
deregulated cytokine signaling can lead to detrimental outcomes, including inflammatory …

Cytokines, inflammation, and pain

JM Zhang, J An - International anesthesiology clinics, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Inflammatory responses in the peripheral (PNS) and central nervous systems (CNS) play
key roles in the development and persistence of many pathologic pain states. 1 Certain …

Emerging targets in neuroinflammation-driven chronic pain

RR Ji, ZZ Xu, YJ Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Current analgesics predominately modulate pain transduction and transmission in neurons
and have limited success in controlling disease progression. Accumulating evidence …

The neuropathic pain triad: neurons, immune cells and glia

J Scholz, CJ Woolf - Nature neuroscience, 2007 - nature.com
Nociceptive pain results from the detection of intense or noxious stimuli by specialized high-
threshold sensory neurons (nociceptors), a transfer of action potentials to the spinal cord …

GM-CSF in inflammation

JA Hamilton - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2020 - rupress.org
Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has many more functions
than its original in vitro identification as an inducer of granulocyte and macrophage …

Role of the immune system in chronic pain

F Marchand, M Perretti, SB McMahon - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
During the past two decades, an important focus of pain research has been the study of
chronic pain mechanisms, particularly the processes that lead to the abnormal sensitivity …

Breaking barriers to novel analgesic drug development

AS Yekkirala, DP Roberson, BP Bean… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Acute and chronic pain complaints, although common, are generally poorly served by
existing therapies. This unmet clinical need reflects a failure to develop novel classes of …

Molecular mechanism of diabetic neuropathy and its pharmacotherapeutic targets

S Dewanjee, S Das, AK Das, N Bhattacharjee… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diabetic neuropathy is regarded as one of the most debilitating outcomes of diabetes
mellitus and may cause pain, decreased motility, and even amputation. Diabetic neuropathy …

Immune and inflammatory mechanisms in neuropathic pain

G Moalem, DJ Tracey - Brain research reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Tissue damage, inflammation or injury of the nervous system may result in chronic
neuropathic pain characterised by increased sensitivity to painful stimuli (hyperalgesia), the …