ReviewExperimental neurology2012
ATP receptors gate microglia signaling in neuropathic pain.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 156 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Neuroimmune regulation of visceral pain: roles of microglia, purinergic signaling, and neuroinflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- BDNF/TrkB Signaling Inhibition Suppresses Astrogliosis and Alleviates Mechanical Allodynia in a Partial Crush Injury Model.Experimental neurobiology · 2023Article
- Macrophages and microglia in inflammation and neuroinflammation underlying different pain states.Medical review (2021) · 2023Article
- Microglia polarization in nociplastic pain: mechanisms and perspectives.Inflammopharmacology · 2023Review
- One immune system plays many parts: The dynamic role of the immune system in chronic pain and opioid pharmacology.Neuropharmacology · 2023Review
- Spinal P2X4 Receptors Involved in Visceral Hypersensitivity of Neonatal Maternal Separation Rats.Purinergic signalling · 2023Article
- Regulation of neuropathic pain by microglial Orai1 channels.Science advances · 2023Article
- Neuropathic pain; what we know and what we should do about it.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Spinal GABAergic disinhibition allows microglial activation mediating the development of nociplastic pain in male mice.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2023Article
- Pathophysiological and Neuroplastic Changes in Postamputation and Neuropathic Pain: Review of the Literature.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- MiR-106b-5p Attenuates Neuropathic Pain by Regulating the P2X4 Receptor in the Spinal Cord in Mice.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2022Article
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Abstract
Microglia were described by Pio del Rio-Hortega (1932) as being the 'third element' distinct from neurons and astrocytes. Decades after this observation, the function and even the very existence of microglia as a distinct cell type were topics of intense debate and conjecture. However, considerable advances have been made towards understanding the neurobiology of microglia resulting in a radical shift in our view of them as being passive bystanders that have solely immune and supportive roles, to being active principal players that contribute to central nervous system pathologies caused by disease or following injury. Converging lines of evidence implicate microglia as being essential in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain, a debilitating chronic pain condition that can occur after peripheral nerve damage caused by disease, infection, or physical injury. A key molecule that modulates microglial activity is ATP, an endogenous ligand of the P2-purinoceptor family consisting of P2X ionotropic and P2Y metabotropic receptors. Microglia express several P2 receptor subtypes, and of these the P2X4, P2X7, and P2Y12 receptor subtypes have been implicated in neuropathic pain. The P2X4 receptor has emerged as the core microglia-neuron signaling pathway: activation of this receptor causes release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which causes disinhibition of pain-transmission neurons in spinal lamina I. The present review highlights recent advances in understanding the signaling and regulation of P2 receptors expressed in microglia and the implications for microglia-neuron interactions for the management of neuropathic pain.
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