Glycine: the smallest anti-inflammatory micronutrient

KA Aguayo-Cerón, F Sánchez-Muñoz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glycine is a non-essential amino acid with many functions and effects. Glycine can bind to
specific receptors and transporters that are expressed in many types of cells throughout an …

Excitatory and inhibitory neuronal signaling in inflammatory and diabetic neuropathic pain

U Breitinger, HG Breitinger - Molecular medicine, 2023 - Springer
Pain, although unpleasant, is an essential warning mechanism against injury and damage
of the organism. An intricate network of specialised sensors and transmission systems …

Pregabalin–tolperisone combination to treat neuropathic pain: Improved analgesia and reduced side effects in rats

N Essmat, AR Galambos, PP Lakatos, DÁ Karádi… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current treatment of neuropathic pain (NP) is unsatisfactory; therefore, effective novel
agents or combination-based analgesic therapies are needed. Herein, oral tolperisone …

[PDF][PDF] Physiology and pharmacology of neurotransmitter transporters

N Ayala-Lopez, SW Watts - Compr. Physiol, 2021 - researchgate.net
Regulation of the ability of a neurotransmitter [our focus: serotonin, norepinephrine,
dopamine, acetylcholine, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)] to reach its …

The role of the endogenous neurotransmitters associated with neuropathic pain and in the opioid crisis: The innate pain-relieving system

EG Bán, A Brassai, ES Vizi - Brain Research Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain is a chronic pain caused by central and peripheral nerve injury, long-term
diabetes or treatment with chemotherapy drugs, and it is dissimilar to other chronic pain …

Chronic intermittent hypoxia enhances glycinergic inhibition in nucleus tractus solitarius

S Jia, N Rybalchenko, K Kunwar… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), an animal model of sleep apnea, has been shown to
alter the activity of second-order chemoreceptor neurons in the caudal nucleus of the solitary …

Metformin relieves bortezomib-induced neuropathic pain by regulating AMPKa2-mediated autophagy in the spinal dorsal horn

M Liu, YT Zhao, YY Lv, T Xu, D Li, YC Xiong… - Neurochemical …, 2022 - Springer
Chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain is a major clinical problem with limited treatment
options. Here, we show that metformin relieves bortezomib (BTZ)-evoked induction and …

On the role of peripheral sensory and gut mu opioid receptors: Peripheral analgesia and tolerance

S Fürst, ZS Zádori, F Zádor, K Király, M Balogh… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is growing evidence on the role of peripheral µ-opioid receptors (MORs) in analgesia
and analgesic tolerance. Opioid analgesics are the mainstay in the management of …

Analysis of binding determinants for different classes of competitive and noncompetitive inhibitors of glycine transporters

K Łątka, M Bajda - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glycine transporters are interesting therapeutic targets as they play significant roles in
glycinergic and glutamatergic systems. The search for new selective inhibitors of particular …

Pharmacological evidence on augmented antiallodynia following systemic co-treatment with GlyT-1 and GlyT-2 inhibitors in rat neuropathic pain model

A Mohammadzadeh, PP Lakatos, M Balogh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The limited effect of current medications on neuropathic pain (NP) has initiated large efforts
to develop effective treatments. Animal studies showed that glycine transporter (GlyT) …