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ReviewZeitschrift fur Rheumatologie2021

Interaction of pain and chronic inflammation.

O Seifert, C Baerwald

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Review in Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

O SeifertKlinik für Endokrinologie, Nephrologie und Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. olga.seifert@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
C BaerwaldKlinik für Endokrinologie, Nephrologie und Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
University Hospital Leipzig · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatic diseases are characterized by chronic inflammation of synovial joints and are often associated with persistent pain and increased pain sensitivity. The inflammatory process is a complex cascade of events involving several mediators, which can lead to a chronic condition of pain. Inflammation can stimulate angiogenesis, and angiogenesis can facilitate inflammation. Inflammatory pain arises from tissue damage via the sensitization of pain receptors (nociceptors). The main peripheral mechanism underlying nociceptive pain is a change in the activity of the nociceptors located in the affected anatomical structures (joints, tendons, and ligaments), which renders them more sensitive to normally painful stimuli (hyperalgesia) or normally non-painful stimuli (allodynia). Neuroimmune interaction has been considered to play an essential role in rheumatic disease. Neurogenic inflammation, which influences normal central nervous system signaling, leads to insufficient signaling/bioavailability of various cytokines. These central mechanisms play an important role in the increased pain sensitivity following inflammation and are responsible for the development of secondary hyperalgesia in regions beyond the injured tissue. Reduction of pain in rheumatic disease requires familiarity with various pain mechanisms.

Indexed as

PainRheumatic DiseasesHumansHyperalgesiaInflammationNociceptorsCentral sensitizationCytokinesHyperalgesiaNeuroimmunomodulationRheumatic diseases

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PMID33373022
OpenAlexW3113899549

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