Peripheral voltage-gated cation channels in neuropathic pain and their potential as therapeutic targets

SRA Alles, PA Smith - Frontiers in Pain Research, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of increased excitability and spontaneous activity in injured peripheral
neurons is imperative for the development and persistence of many forms of neuropathic …

Role of epigenetic mechanisms in chronic pain

D Mauceri - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pain is an unpleasant but essential-to-life sensation, usually resulting from tissue damage.
When pain persists long after the injury has resolved, it becomes pathological. The precise …

DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a contributes to neuropathic pain by repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons

JY Zhao, L Liang, X Gu, Z Li, S Wu, L Sun… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Nerve injury induces changes in gene transcription in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons,
which may contribute to nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain. DNA methylation represses …

Transcriptome profiling of microRNAs reveals potential mechanisms of manual therapy alleviating neuropathic pain through microRNA-547-3p-mediated Map4k4/NF …

C Yao, J Ren, R Huang, C Tang, Y Cheng, Z Lv… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Local neuroinflammation secondary to spinal nerve compression in lumbar disk
herniation (LDH) is a key driver contributing to neuropathic pain. Manual therapy (MT), a …

G9a is essential for epigenetic silencing of K+ channel genes in acute-to-chronic pain transition

G Laumet, J Garriga, SR Chen, Y Zhang, DP Li… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Neuropathic pain is a debilitating clinical problem and difficult to treat. Nerve injury causes a
long-lasting reduction in K+ channel expression in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG), but little …

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA): a target in neuropathic pain

S Wu, J Bono, YX Tao - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Current treatments for neuropathic pain are limited in part due to the incomplete
understanding of its underlying mechanisms. Recent evidence reveals the dysregulated …

Gene therapy for chronic pain: emerging opportunities in target-rich peripheral nociceptors

SV Ovsepian, SG Waxman - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
With sweeping advances in precision delivery systems and manipulation of the genomes
and transcriptomes of various cell types, medical biotechnology offers unprecedented …

Novel therapies for the treatment of neuropathic pain: potential and pitfalls

P Shinu, MA Morsy, AB Nair, AKA Mouslem… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain affects more than one million people across the globe. The quality of life of
people suffering from neuropathic pain has been considerably declining due to the …

K+ Channels in Primary Afferents and Their Role in Nerve Injury-Induced Pain

PA Smith - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensory abnormalities generated by nerve injury, peripheral neuropathy or disease are
often expressed as neuropathic pain. This type of pain is frequently resistant to therapeutic …

Transcription factor EBF1 mitigates neuropathic pain by rescuing Kv1. 2 expression in primary sensory neurons

Y Liang, D Sharma, B Wang, H Wang, X Feng… - Translational …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nerve injury-induced alternations of gene expression in primary sensory neurons of the
dorsal root ganglion (DRG) are molecular basis of neuropathic pain genesis. Transcription …