Kinins and their B1 and B2 receptors as potential therapeutic targets for pain relief

I Brusco, MFP Fialho, G Becker, ES Brum, A Favarin… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Kinins are endogenous peptides that belong to the kallikrein-kinin system, which has been
extensively studied for over a century. Their essential role in multiple physiological and …

Sensors and devices guided by artificial intelligence for personalized pain medicine

Y Xing, K Yang, A Lu, K Mackie… - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2024 - spj.science.org
Personalized pain medicine aims to tailor pain treatment strategies for the specific needs
and characteristics of an individual patient, holding the potential for improving treatment …

Human OPRM1 and murine Oprm1 promoter driven viral constructs for genetic access to μ-opioidergic cell types

GJ Salimando, S Tremblay, BA Kimmey, J Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
With concurrent global epidemics of chronic pain and opioid use disorders, there is a critical
need to identify, target and manipulate specific cell populations expressing the mu-opioid …

Scalable generation of sensory neurons from human pluripotent stem cells

T Deng, VM Jovanovic, CA Tristan, C Weber, PH Chu… - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Development of new non-addictive analgesics requires advanced strategies to differentiate
human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into relevant cell types. Following principles of …

Tiam1 coordinates synaptic structural and functional plasticity underpinning the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain

L Li, Q Ru, Y Lu, X Fang, G Chen, AB Saifullah, C Yao… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Neuropathic pain is a common, debilitating chronic pain condition caused by damage or a
disease affecting the somatosensory nervous system. Understanding the pathophysiological …

[HTML][HTML] Injectable electrospun fiber-hydrogel composite sequentially releasing clonidine and ropivacaine for prolonged and walking regional analgesia

S Chen, W Yao, H Wang, T Wang, X Xiao, G Sun… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Peripheral nerve block is a traditional perioperative analgesic method for its
precise pain control and low systemic toxicity. However, a single low dose of local anesthetic …

[HTML][HTML] The Antinociceptive Role of Nrf2 in Neuropathic Pain: From Mechanisms to Clinical Perspectives

K Petrikonis, J Bernatoniene, DM Kopustinskiene… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain, a chronic condition resulting from nerve injury or dysfunction, presents
significant therapeutic challenges and is closely associated with oxidative stress and …

Preclinical characterization of the efficacy and safety of biologic N-001 as a novel pain analgesic for post-operative acute pain treatment

D Allen, SN Hanumantharao, R McDonell, KA Irvine… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of actin remodeling in nerves modulates action potential propagation and
therefore could be used to treat acute pain. N-001 is a novel protein analgesic engineered …

Drug repurposing to target neuroinflammation and sensory neuron-dependent pain

M Sisignano, P Gribbon, G Geisslinger - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Around 20% of the American population have chronic pain and estimates in other Western
countries report similar numbers. This represents a major challenge for global health care …

Worm Generator: A System for High-Throughput in Vivo Screening

A Yang, X Lin, Z Liu, X Duan, Y Yuan, J Zhang… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Large-scale screening of molecules in organisms requires high-throughput and cost-
effective evaluating tools during preclinical development. Here, a novel in vivo screening …