Chronic pain in people with HIV: a common comorbidity and threat to quality of life

VJ Madden, R Parker, BR Goodin - Pain management, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence indicates that over half of all people with HIV (PWH) will experience nonmalignant
chronic pain throughout their lifetimes, with increasing prevalence as they age. Peripheral …

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 …

Purinergic signaling in infectious diseases of the central nervous system

VS Alves, R Leite-Aguiar, JP da Silva… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The incidence of infectious diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS) has been
increasing over the last several years. Among the reasons for the expansion of these …

Neuroinflammation in HIV-related neuropathic pain

HJ Lu, YY Fu, QQ Wei, ZJ Zhang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection around the world,
chronic complications are becoming a new problem along with the prolonged life …

Reactive astrocytes in pain neural circuit pathogenesis

SJ Tang - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Reactive astrocytes are commonly activated in the spinal dorsal horn (SDH) of various
animal models of pathological pain. Previous investigations suggest an association between …

[HTML][HTML] A novel mu-delta opioid agonist demonstrates enhanced efficacy with reduced tolerance and dependence in mouse neuropathic pain models

W Lei, RH Vekariya, S Ananthan, JM Streicher - The journal of pain, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have demonstrated a physiological interaction between the mu opioid
receptor (MOR) and delta opioid receptor (DOR) systems. A few studies have shown that …

Microglia mediate HIV-1 gp120-induced synaptic degeneration in spinal pain neural circuits

W Ru, X Liu, C Bae, Y Shi, R Walikonis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
HIV-1 infection of the nervous system causes various neurological diseases, and synaptic
degeneration is likely a critical step in the neuropathogenesis. Our prior studies revealed a …

Betulinic acid, derived from the desert lavender Hyptis emoryi, attenuates paclitaxel-, HIV-, and nerve injury–associated peripheral sensory neuropathy via block of N …

SS Bellampalli, Y Ji, A Moutal, S Cai, EMK Wijeratne… - Pain, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Federal Pain Research Strategy recommended development of nonopioid
analgesics as a top priority in its strategic plan to address the significant public health crisis …

A neuron-to-astrocyte Wnt5a signal governs astrogliosis during HIV-associated pain pathogenesis

X Liu, C Bae, BB Gelman, JM Chung, SJ Tang - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain is the most common neurological disorder of HIV patients. Multiple
neuropathologies were identified in the pain pathway. Among them is the prominent …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA-seq analysis reveals compartment-specific heterogeneity and plasticity of microglia

J Zheng, W Ru, JR Adolacion, MS Spurgat, X Liu… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Microglia are ubiquitous central nervous system (CNS)-resident macrophages that maintain
homeostasis of neural tissues and protect them from pathogen attacks. Yet, their …