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ArticleCurrent neuropharmacology2013

Targeting Pain-evoking Transient Receptor Potential Channels for the Treatment of Pain.

Jialie Luo, Edgar T Walters, Susan M Carlton, Hongzhen Hu

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Article in Current neuropharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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.

Jialie LuoDepartment of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030;
Edgar T WaltersDepartment of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030;
Susan M CarltonDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1069.
Hongzhen HuDepartment of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030;
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI James Versalovic · 2001 to 2026
$28.3M
Mechanisms of Zinc Regulation of Pain-initiating TRP ChannelsR01GM101218 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HU, HONGZHEN · 2013 to 2017
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain affects billions of lives globally and is a major public health problem in the United States. However, pain management is still a challenging task due to a lack of understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of pain. In the past decades transient receptor potential (TRP) channels have been identified as molecular sensors of tissue damage and inflammation. Activation/sensitization of TRP channels in peripheral nociceptors produces neurogenic inflammation and contributes to both somatic and visceral pain. Pharmacological and genetic studies have affirmed the role of TRP channels in multiple forms of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Thus pain-evoking TRP channels emerge as promising therapeutic targets for a wide variety of pain and inflammatory conditions.

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drug target.inflammationneuropathypainpain managementTransient receptor potential channels

Identifiers

PMID24396340
PMCPMC3849790
OpenAlexW2020253932

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