Estrogen receptors in pain modulation: cellular signaling

Q Chen, W Zhang, N Sadana, X Chen - Biology of sex Differences, 2021 - Springer
Sensory perception and emotional disorders are disproportionally represented in men and
women and are thus thought to be modulated by different sex hormones in various …

Novel approaches, drug candidates, and targets in pain drug discovery

S Obeng, T Hiranita, F León, LR McMahon… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Because of the problems associated with opioids, drug discovery efforts have been
employed to develop opioids with reduced side effects using approaches such as biased …

[HTML][HTML] Resolvin D2 and its receptor GPR18 in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases: A promising biomarker and therapeutic target

M Zhao, Z Zheng, Z Yin, J Zhang, J Qin, J Wan… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence suggests that inflammation plays an important role in the
pathophysiology of the initiation and progression of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases …

Therapeutic exploitation of GPR18: Beyond the cannabinoids? Miniperspective

P Morales, A Lago-Fernandez, DP Hurst… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
GPR18 is a G-protein-coupled receptor that belongs to the orphan class A family. Even
though it shares low sequence homology with the cannabinoid receptors CB1R and CB2R …

Addiction and the kynurenine pathway: A new dancing couple?

N Morales-Puerto, P Gimenez-Gomez… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug use poses a serious threat to health systems throughout the world and the number of
consumers rises relentlessly every year. The kynurenine pathway, main pathway of …

Orphan G protein-coupled receptors: the ongoing search for a home

A Jobe, R Vijayan - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) make up the largest receptor superfamily, accounting
for 4% of protein-coding genes. Despite the prevalence of such transmembrane receptors, a …

Fasting-mimicking diet alleviates inflammatory pain by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps formation and neuroinflammation in the spinal cord

T Li, Y Yue, Y Ma, Z Zhong, M Guo, J Zhang… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) promote neuroinflammation and,
thus, central nervous system (CNS) disease progression. However, it remains unclear …

Upregulation of LncRNA71132 in the spinal cord regulates hypersensitivity in a rat model of bone cancer pain

H Ni, M Xu, J Kuang, C Xu, Q He, G Luo, J Fu, J Zhu… - Pain, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Bone cancer pain (BCP) is a pervasive clinical symptom which impairs the quality life. Long
noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are enriched in the central nervous system and play …

Cellular distribution of cannabinoid‐related receptors TRPV1, PPAR‐gamma, GPR55 and GPR3 in the equine cervical dorsal root ganglia

G Galiazzo, M De Silva, F Giancola… - Equine Veterinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The activation of cannabinoid and cannabinoid‐related receptors by
endogenous, plant‐derived or synthetic cannabinoids may exert beneficial effects on pain …

The role of orphan G protein-coupled receptors in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis: A review

MS Alavi, G Karimi, A Roohbakhsh - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of transmembrane proteins that are
expressed in many organs and serve as important drug targets. A new subgroup, namely …