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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

In Vitro Model to Investigate Communication between Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord Glia.

Junxuan Ma, Vaibhav Patil, Abhay Pandit, Leo R Quinlan, David P Finn, Sibylle Grad, Mauro Alini, Marianna Peroglio

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ISSLS Prize in Basic Science 2026: Early markers of mechanical modulation in whole bovine intervertebral discs loaded in a multiaxial bioreactor.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  3. Engineering Sensory Ganglion Multicellular System to Model Tissue Nerve Ingrowth.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  6. Celecoxib alleviates nociceptor sensitization mediated by interleukin-1beta-primed annulus fibrosus cells.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Junxuan MaAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8923-9832
Vaibhav PatilCÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 W2TY Galway, Ireland.
Abhay PanditCÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 W2TY Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6292-4933
Leo R QuinlanCÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 W2TY Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-4011-6732
David P FinnCÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 W2TY Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-6186-621X
Sibylle GradAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9552-3653
Mauro AliniAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.
Marianna PeroglioAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.
AO Foundation · CHOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

AO Foundation AC_2019_01European Regional Development Fund 13/RC/2073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic discogenic back pain is associated with increased inflammatory cytokine levels that can influence the proximal peripheral nervous system, namely the dorsal root ganglion (DRG). However, transition to chronic pain is widely thought to involve glial activation in the spinal cord. In this study, an in vitro model was used to evaluate the communication between DRG and spinal cord glia. Primary neonatal rat DRG cells were treated with/without inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6). The conditioned media were collected at two time points (12 and 24 h) and applied to spinal cord mixed glial culture (MGC) for 24 h. Adult bovine DRG and spinal cord cell cultures were also tested, as an alternative large animal model, and results were compared with the neonatal rat findings. Compared with untreated DRG-conditioned medium, the second cytokine-treated DRG-conditioned medium (following medium change, thus containing solely DRG-derived molecules) elevated CD11b expression and calcium signal in neonatal rat microglia and enhanced Iba1 expression in adult bovine microglia. Cytokine treatment induced a DRG-mediated microgliosis. The described in vitro model allows the use of cells from large species and may represent an alternative to animal pain models (3R principles).

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Cell CommunicationSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiomarkersCalciumCells, CulturedCytokinesDisease SusceptibilityFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGanglia, SpinalInflammation MediatorsMicrogliaModels, BiologicalNeurogliaNeuronsBiomarkersCalciumCytokinesInflammation Mediators3R principlesdorsal root ganglioninflammatory cytokinein vitro modellow back painmixed glial culturespinal cord

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PMID34575886
PMCPMC8470479
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