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ArticleNeuron glia biology2010

Can satellite glial cells be therapeutic targets for pain control?

Luc Jasmin, Jean-Philippe Vit, Aditi Bhargava, Peter T Ohara

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Article in Neuron glia biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luc JasminDepartment of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA. ljasmin@gmail.com
Jean-Philippe Vit
Aditi Bhargava
Peter T Ohara
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Satellite Glial CellsR01NS061241 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JASMIN, LUC · 2008 to 2013
$2.0M
Gene Therapy for Nerve InjuryR01NS051336 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JASMIN, LUC · 2006 to 2010
$1.2M
NINDS NIH HHS NS051336NINDS NIH HHS NS061241NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS051336NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Satellite glial cells (SGCs) undergo phenotypic changes and divide the following injury into a peripheral nerve. Nerve injury, also elicits an immune response and several antigen-presenting cells are found in close proximity to SGCs. Silencing SCG-specific molecules involved in intercellular transport (Connexin 43) or glutamate recycling (glutamine synthase) can dramatically alter nociceptive responses of normal and nerve-injured rats. Transducing SGCs with glutamic acid decarboxylase can produce analgesia in models of trigeminal pain. Taken together these data suggest that SGCs may play a role in the genesis or maintenance of pain and open a range of new possibilities for curing neuropathic pain.

Indexed as

Pain ManagementAnimalsBromodeoxyuridineCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyConnexin 43Disease Models, AnimalEctodysplasinsFacial PainGap JunctionsGlutamate SynthaseMaleMembrane Cofactor ProteinModels, BiologicalNeurogliaPainPain MeasurementBromodeoxyuridineConnexin 43EctodysplasinsGlutamate SynthaseKcnn3 protein, ratMembrane Cofactor ProteinRNA, Double-StrandedSmall-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels

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PMID20566001
PMCPMC3139431
OpenAlexW2153164502

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