Emerging pharmaceutical therapies for osteoarthritis

A Latourte, M Kloppenburg, P Richette - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) and the burden associated with the disease are
steadily increasing worldwide, representing a major public health challenge for the coming …

Pain and immunity: implications for host defence

P Baral, S Udit, IM Chiu - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Pain is a hallmark of tissue injury, inflammatory diseases, pathogen invasion and
neuropathy. It is mediated by nociceptor sensory neurons that innervate the skin, joints …

Therapeutic options for targeting inflammatory osteoarthritis pain

PG Conaghan, AD Cook, JA Hamilton… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Pain is the major symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) and is an important factor in strategies to
manage this disease. However, the current standard of care does not provide satisfactory …

GM-CSF in inflammation

JA Hamilton - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2019 - 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 …

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of macrophages in atherosclerosis

T Kuznetsova, KHM Prange, CK Glass… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Monocytes and macrophages provide defence against pathogens and danger signals.
These cells respond to stimulation in a fast and stimulus-specific manner by utilizing …

Emerging aspects of cytokine storm in COVID-19: The role of proinflammatory cytokines and therapeutic prospects

R Dharra, AK Sharma, S Datta - Cytokine, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has claimed millions of lives during the last 3 years since initial cases were
reported in Wuhan, China, in 2019. Patients with COVID-19 suffer from severe pneumonia …

The many facets of macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis

E Siouti, E Andreakos - Biochemical pharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Macrophages are central to the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They constitute
the main source of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines such as TNF and IL-1β, they …

[HTML][HTML] The Jak/STAT pathway: A focus on pain in rheumatoid arthritis

LS Simon, PC Taylor, EH Choy, A Sebba… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pain is a manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is mediated by inflammatory and non-
inflammatory mechanisms and negatively affects quality of life. Recent findings from a Phase …

Vitamin C and immune cell function in inflammation and cancer

A Ang, JM Pullar, MJ Currie… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Vitamin C (ascorbate) is maintained at high levels in most immune cells and can affect many
aspects of the immune response. Intracellular levels generally respond to variations in …

Immune cytokines and their receptors in inflammatory pain

AD Cook, AD Christensen, D Tewari, SB McMahon… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
There is burgeoning interest in the interaction between the immune and nervous systems.
Pain is mediated by primary sensory neurons (nociceptors) that can respond to a variety of …