Article
Immunology
Liren Li, Liying Bai, Kangli Yang, Jian Zhang, Yan Gao, Mingjun Jiang, Yin Yang, Xuan Zhang, Li Wang, Xueli Wang, Yiming Qiao, Ji-Tian Xu
Summary: The study reveals that the upregulation of KDM6B induced by neuropathic pain demethylates H3K27me3, facilitating the binding of STAT3 with the IL-6 promoter, consequently leading to an increase in IL-6 expression in the DRG and dorsal horn which contributes to the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Targeting KDM6B may be a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of chronic pain.
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Simin Tang, Huan Jing, Fuhu Song, Haicheng Huang, Wenjun Li, Guiling Xie, Jun Zhou
Summary: The study explores the role of microRNAs in neuropathic pain, specifically how miR-124 reverses NP by maintaining microglia quiescent, and miR-155 promotes NP by activating microglia. These findings provide insights for basic research and potential clinical treatments for neuropathic pain.
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
QingHua Yin, TianHao Zou, ShuJun Sun, Dong Yang
Summary: Neuropathic pain (NP) is caused by a condition that affects the somatosensory system, and current treatments are not very effective. Cell therapy shows promise as an alternative treatment for NP, with pre-clinical and clinical studies yielding encouraging results.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Guadalupe Garcia, Carlos J. Martinez-Magana, Norma Oviedo, Vinicio Granados-Soto, Janet Murbartian
Summary: Previous studies have shown that L5/L6 spinal nerve ligation enhances the expression of anoctamin-1 in injured and uninjured dorsal root ganglia (DRG), while L5 spinal nerve transection does not. The role of bestrophin-1 in these conditions is still unknown.
Article
Cell & Tissue Engineering
Yang Zhang, Xiang Xu, Yuxin Tong, Xijie Zhou, Jian Du, In Young Choi, Shouwei Yue, Gabsang Lee, Blake N. Johnson, Xiaofeng Jia
Summary: The study demonstrated that NCSC-laden nerve scaffolds helped alleviate neuropathic pain and enhance motor function recovery in rats with sciatic nerve injuries. Furthermore, NCSCs were found to protect the spinal cord from glial cell activation and central sensitization induced by nerve injury.
STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Siqi Wei, Shuyang Chang, Yue Dong, Linping Xu, Xiaocui Yuan, Hong Jia, Jun Zhang, Lingli Liang
Summary: The study indicates that electro-acupuncture can alleviate neuropathic pain by inhibiting the AXL signaling pathway, and the combination of AXL inhibitor and electro-acupuncture may have a synergistic effect, providing a new strategy for clinical treatment of neuropathic pain.
NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Shiwu Guo, Zhiwen Song, Junsheng He, Gang Yin, Jianguo Zhu, Haifeng Liu, Lei Yang, Xubiao Ji, Xu Xu, Zhiyuan Liu, Jinbo Liu
Summary: This study investigates the role of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and Akt pathways in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain (NP). The results indicate that AQP4 is significantly upregulated in the spinal dorsal horn (SDH) and primarily expressed in astrocytes. Inhibition of AQP4 attenuates glial activation and anti-neuroinflammatory mechanisms, reducing the development and maintenance of NP. Similarly, inhibition of Akt suppresses AQP4 upregulation and astrocyte activation, alleviating NP in the early and late phases after spinal nerve ligation (SNL).
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Sisi Mi, Zhuo Chang, Xue Wang, Jiaxin Gao, Yu Liu, Wenjia Liu, Wangxiao He, Zhongquan Qi
Summary: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe injury of the central nervous system, causing functional dysfunction and paralysis in millions of patients. A bioactive scaffold, called a spinal cord assembly (SCA), was created using cell-sheet technology and stem cells. This scaffold released neurotrophic exosomes, promoting neuronal regeneration, axonal extension, angiogenesis, and inhibiting glial scar formation in a SCI rat model.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Chao Xu, TianYu Liu, YunPeng Zhang, Yi Feng
Summary: In this study, bioinformatics analysis was conducted to identify mechanisms for more effective treatments of neuropathic pain. Seven hub genes and potential targeting miRNA related to the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain were identified, expanding understanding of the mechanism and facilitating treatment development.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jinsu Hwang, Sujeong Jang, Choonghyo Kim, Sungjoon Lee, Han-Seong Jeong
Summary: Neurological disorders pose a global health problem, and current pharmacological treatments have side effects. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and immunomodulatory properties, and their secreted paracrine factors play a therapeutic role. Exosomes and MSC-derived miRNAs also regulate genes and alleviate neuropathological changes in neurological diseases.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Nathan T. Fiore, Zhuoran Yin, Dilansu Guneykaya, Christian D. Gauthier, Jessica Hayes, Aaron D'Hary, Oleg Butovsky, Gila Moalem-Taylor
Summary: Neuropathic pain is associated with the activation of glial cells, particularly microglia, in the central nervous system. This study found that microglia play a sexually dimorphic role in neuropathic pain in rodent models. Analysis of microglial gene expression revealed no common transcriptional changes in different neuropathic models, but a significant change was observed in the lumbar spinal cord after chronic constriction injury. Furthermore, male microglia from nerve-injured mice showed a unique transcriptional signature and increased phagocytotic activity. These findings suggest that spinal microglia contribute to sex-specific pain processing following nerve injury.
Article
Neurosciences
Yasuhito Motojima, Yoichi Ueta, Akinori Sakai
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the proportion and activity of excitatory/inhibitory neurons in the dorsal spinal cord using a neuropathic pain model in rats. The results showed that while peripheral nerve injury might not affect the proportion of excitatory and inhibitory neurons, it predominantly activates excitatory neurons in laminae I-III of the rat dorsal spinal cord.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yong Xie, Yi Sun, Yudong Liu, Jinyun Zhao, Quanbo Liu, Jiaqi Xu, Yiming Qin, Rundong He, Feifei Yuan, Tianding Wu, Chunyue Duan, Liyuan Jiang, Hongbin Lu, Jianzhong Hu
Summary: This study explores a specific targeted treatment approach for spinal cord injury by identifying stable subpopulations of exosomes that can improve blood-spinal cord barrier integrity and promote neural function recovery.
Article
Clinical Neurology
John E. Gilbert, Tianhe Zhang, Rosana Esteller, Warren M. Grill
Summary: Temporal patterns of spinal cord stimulation designed using a computational model could effectively inhibit pain-related neuronal activity and potentially increase the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation.
Article
Immunology
Chia-En Wong, Chia-Ying Hu, Po-Hsuan Lee, Chi-Chen Huang, Han-Wei Huang, Chih-Yuan Huang, Hsin-Tien Lo, Wentai Liu, Jung-Shun Lee
Summary: This study investigated the therapeutic effect of sciatic nerve stimulation (SNS) on acute neuropathic pain (NP) and its underlying mechanism. The results showed that both 2 Hz and 20 Hz SNS could alleviate pain behavior and hyperactivation of pain conducting pathways, reduce neuroinflammation and inflammatory protein expression, suppress astrocytic gliosis and microglia activation, and enhance the activity of the descending pain modulation pathway.
JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
(2022)