Intrathecal injection of spironolactone attenuates radicular pain by inhibition of spinal microglia activation in a rat model

Y Sun, L Peng, X Sun, J Bo, D Yang, Y Zheng, C Liu… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Microglia might play an important role in nociceptive processing and
hyperalgesia by neuroinflammatory process. Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) expressed on …

The GLP-1 receptor herbal agonist morroniside attenuates neuropathic pain via spinal microglial expression of IL-10 and β-endorphin

X Tang, H Wu, X Mao, X Li, Y Wang - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the protective effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R)
agonist morroniside against neuropathic pain and its downstream mechanisms of activating …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of Src family kinases in spinal microglia contributes to formalin-induced persistent pain state through p38 pathway

YH Tan, K Li, XY Chen, Y Cao, AR Light, KY Fu - The Journal of Pain, 2012 - Elsevier
Protein tyrosine phosphorylation has been implicated in normal and pathological functions
such as cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Recently, some studies have shown …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral formalin injury induces 2 stages of microglial activation in the spinal cord

K Li, T Lin, Y Cao, AR Light, KY Fu - The journal of pain, 2010 - Elsevier
The formalin test produces 2 well-known acute phases of nociceptive behavior. Recently, we
have shown that this same formalin test produces a third phase of nociceptive behavior …

Microglia: a promising target for treating neuropathic and postoperative pain, and morphine tolerance

YR Wen, PH Tan, JK Cheng, YC Liu, RR Ji - Journal of the Formosan …, 2011 - Elsevier
Management of chronic pain, such as nerve-injury-induced neuropathic pain associated
with diabetic neuropathy, viral infection, and cancer, is a real clinical challenge. Major …

A local anesthetic, ropivacaine, suppresses activated microglia via a nerve growth factor-dependent mechanism and astrocytes via a nerve growth factor-independent …

S Toda, A Sakai, Y Ikeda, A Sakamoto… - Molecular …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Local anesthetics alleviate neuropathic pain in some cases in clinical practice,
and exhibit longer durations of action than those predicted on the basis of the …

Src-family kinases activation in spinal microglia contributes to central sensitization and chronic pain after lumbar disc herniation

Y Huang, Y Li, X Zhong, Y Hu, P Liu, Y Zhao… - Molecular …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Lumbar disc herniation is a major cause of radicular pain, but the underlying
mechanisms remain largely unknown. Spinal activation of src-family kinases are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-kappa B pathway is involved in radicular pain by encouraging spinal microglia activation and inflammatory response in a rat …

L Zhu, Y Huang, Y Hu, Q Tang… - The Korean journal of …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of radicular pain, but the
mechanism is not clear. In this study, we investigated the engagement of toll-like receptor 4 …

Ketamine depresses toll-like receptor 3 signaling in spinal microglia in a rat model of neuropathic pain

XP Mei, Y Zhou, W Wang, J Tang, W Wang, H Zhang… - Neurosignals, 2011 - karger.com
Reports suggest that microglia play a key role in spinal nerve ligation (SNL)-induced
neuropathic pain, and toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) has a substantial role in the activation of …

Targeting macrophage and microglia activation with colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor is an effective strategy to treat injury-triggered neuropathic pain

SH Lee, XQ Shi, A Fan, B West, J Zhang - Molecular pain, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition. The importance of neuroimmune
interactions in neuropathic pain has been evidenced by the involvement of different immune …