Studying human nociceptors: from fundamentals to clinic

SJ Middleton, AM Barry, M Comini, Y Li, PR Ray… - Brain, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain affects one in five of the general population and is the third most important
cause of disability-adjusted life-years globally. Unfortunately, treatment remains inadequate …

Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based neurodegenerative disease models for phenotype recapitulation and drug screening

CY Chang, HC Ting, CA Liu, HL Su, TW Chiou, SZ Lin… - Molecules, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases represent a significant unmet medical need in our aging
society. There are no effective treatments for most of these diseases, and we know …

Peripherin is a biomarker of axonal damage in peripheral nervous system disease

S Keddie, D Smyth, RYS Keh, MKL Chou, D Grant… - Brain, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Valid, responsive blood biomarkers specific to peripheral nerve damage would improve
management of peripheral nervous system (PNS) diseases. Neurofilament light chain (NfL) …

Immune-mediated neuropathies

BC Kieseier, EK Mathey, C Sommer… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Since the discovery of an acute monophasic paralysis, later coined Guillain–Barré
syndrome, almost 100 years ago, and the discovery of chronic, steroid-responsive …

Advances and challenges in modeling inherited peripheral neuropathies using iPSCs

J Van Lent, R Prior, G Pérez Siles, AN Cutrupi… - … & molecular medicine, 2024‏ - nature.com
Inherited peripheral neuropathies (IPNs) are a group of diseases associated with mutations
in various genes with fundamental roles in the development and function of peripheral …

Exosomes from human adipose‐derived stem cells promote sciatic nerve regeneration via optimizing Schwann cell function

J Chen, S Ren, D Duscher, Y Kang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human adipose‐derived stem cells (ASCs) have a potential for the treatment of peripheral
nerve injury. Recent studies demonstrated that stem cells can mediate therapeutic effect by …

A humanized chemogenetic system inhibits murine pain-related behavior and hyperactivity in human sensory neurons

J Perez-Sanchez, SJ Middleton, LA Pattison… - Science translational …, 2023‏ - science.org
Hyperexcitability in sensory neurons is known to underlie many of the maladaptive changes
associated with persistent pain. Chemogenetics has shown promise as a means to suppress …

Overlap** central and peripheral nervous system syndromes in MOG antibody–associated disorders

S Rinaldi, A Davies, J Fehmi, HN Beadnall… - Neurology …, 2020‏ - neurology.org
Objective Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are associated with
CNS demyelination inclusive of optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis (TM). To examine …

Genetic pain loss disorders

A Lischka, P Lassuthova, A Çakar, CJ Record… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Genetic pain loss includes congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP), hereditary sensory
neuropathies and, if autonomic nerves are involved, hereditary sensory and autonomic …

Defining the functional role of NaV1. 7 in human nociception

LA McDermott, GA Weir, AC Themistocleous… - Neuron, 2019‏ - cell.com
Loss-of-function mutations in Na V 1.7 cause congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP); this
voltage-gated sodium channel is therefore a key target for analgesic drug development …