Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23726937›Full record

ArticleThe journal of pain2013

Induction of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and its receptor CCR2 in primary sensory neurons contributes to paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.

Haijun Zhang, Jessica A Boyette-Davis, Alyssa K Kosturakis, Yan Li, Seo-Yeon Yoon, Edgar T Walters, Patrick M Dougherty

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The journal of pain, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07109817 (Desloratadine to Prevent Taxane-induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 100 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07109817 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Desloratadine to Prevent Taxane-induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Breast Cancer (DETOXp)

TypeinterventionalSponsorMontefiore Medical CenterRan2026 to 2030Enrolled116ConditionsBreast Cancer, Peripheral NeuropathyArmsDesloratodine, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RNA-binding protein MBNL2 mitigates neuropathic pain after chemotherapy through destabilizing CCR2 expression in primary sensory neurons.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer: a narrative review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026
    Review
  6. Clinical Significance of Serum CCR2 and IDO1 in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Innate immunity in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: recent advances.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Review

40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haijun ZhangDepartment of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Research, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: haijun.zhang@mdanderson.org.
Jessica A Boyette-Davis
Alyssa K Kosturakis
Yan Li
Seo-Yeon Yoon
Edgar T Walters
Patrick M Dougherty
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
TARGETING NF-KB ACTIVATION IN REGULATION OF SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLEP01CA124787 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI REUBEN, JAMES MARTIN · 2008 to 2012
$10.6M
Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral PainR01NS046606 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DOUGHERTY, PATRICK M · 2007 to 2015
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA12487NCI NIH HHS P01 CA124787NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NINDS NIH HHS NS046606NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS046606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledThe use of paclitaxel (Taxol), a microtubule stabilizer, for cancer treatment is often limited by its associated peripheral neuropathy (chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy [CIPN]), which predominantly results in sensory dysfunction, including chronic pain. Here we show that paclitaxel CIPN was associated with induction of chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and its cognate receptor CCR2 in primary sensory neurons of dorsal root ganglia. Immunostaining revealed that MCP-1 was mainly expressed in small nociceptive neurons whereas CCR2 was expressed in large and medium-sized myelinated neurons. Direct application of MCP-1 consistently induced intracellular calcium increases in dorsal root ganglia large and medium-sized neurons but not in small neurons mainly dissociated from paclitaxel-treated but not vehicle-treated animals. Paclitaxel also induced increased expression of MCP-1 in spinal astrocytes, but no CCR2 signal was detected in the spinal cord. Local blockade of MCP-1/CCR2 signaling by anti-MCP-1 antibody or CCR2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotides significantly attenuated paclitaxel CIPN phenotypes including mechanical hypersensitivity and loss of intraepidermal nerve fibers in hindpaw glabrous skin. These results suggest that activation of paracrine MCP-1/CCR2 signaling between dorsal root ganglion neurons plays a critical role in the development of paclitaxel CIPN, and targeting MCP-1/CCR2 signaling could be a novel therapeutic approach. PERSPECTIVE: CIPN is a severe side effect accompanying paclitaxel chemotherapy and lacks effective treatments. The current study suggests that blocking MCP-1/CCR2 signaling could be a new therapeutic strategy to prevent or reverse paclitaxel CIPN. This preclinical evidence encourages future clinical evaluation of this strategy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCalciumChemokine CCL2FemaleGanglia, SpinalImmunohistochemistryInjections, SpinalPaclitaxelPain ThresholdPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesPhysical StimulationPosterior Horn CellsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCalciumCcl2 protein, ratChemokine CCL2PaclitaxelReceptors, CCR2CCR2dorsal root ganglionMCP-1neuropathyPaclitaxel

Identifiers

PMID23726937
PMCPMC3791166
OpenAlexW2076324340

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.