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ReviewMolecular biology reports2022

Inflammatory-associated apoptotic markers: are they the culprit to rheumatoid arthritis pain?

Nurul Ajilah Mohamed Khir, Ain' Sabreena Mohd Noh, Idris Long, Norjihada Izzah Ismail, Rosfaiizah Siran, Che Aishah Nazariah Ismail

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Review in Molecular biology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Programmed Cell Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Journal of inflammation research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Nurul Ajilah Mohamed KhirDepartment of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-6999
Ain' Sabreena Mohd NohDepartment of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-9290
Idris LongSchool of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6828-1908
Norjihada Izzah IsmailSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5332-0743
Rosfaiizah SiranFaculty of Medicine, Selangor Branch, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-4419
Che Aishah Nazariah IsmailDepartment of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. aishahnazariah@usm.my.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1723-3575
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYHospital Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYManagement and Science University · MYUniversiti Teknologi MARA · MYUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MY

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia FRGS/1/2019/SKK08/USM/03/13
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a prolonged inflammatory disease resulting from autoimmune reactions that leads to local and systemic bone erosion, joint defects and functional impairment. Although the inflammation is subsided through the prescription of anti-inflammatory therapeutics, the patients persistently complained of sleepless nights due to flare pain. This indicates the possible contribution of other pathways besides inflammation in leading to RA pain. This review aims to uncover the roles and involvement of several inflammatory-associated apoptotic markers in facilitating pain transmission and processing during the pathogenesis of RA. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis narrative review focused on the reports from the previous literature based on the search string of "apoptotic marker AND inflammation AND 'chronic pain' OR 'neuropathic pain' and apoptosis AND 'rheumatoid arthritis' OR arthritis from the databases including Science Direct and Scopus, considering the exclusion criteria of the published abstracts, proceedings or articles on other neuropathic pain types such as painful bowel syndrom, insterstitial cystitis, fibrosis and so on.

resultsSeveral studies in the literature demonstrate a close association between imbalanced apoptotic regulations and an increased number of synovial fibroblasts and inflammatory cells in RA. Cell death or specific cell survival has been linked with increased central hypersensitivity in various types of chronic and neuropathic pain.

conclusionThe RA-related flare pain is possibly contributed by the abnormal regulation of apoptosis through several inflammatory-related pathways, and further studies need to modulate these pathways for the putative anti-nociceptive benefits.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidApoptosisFibroblastsHumansInflammationPainApoptosisInflammationNociceptionRheumatoid arthritis

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PMID35699858
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