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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Local Inflammatory Mediators Involved in Neuropathic Pain.

Patricia García-Fernández, Colette Reinhold, Nurcan Üçeyler, Claudia Sommer

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Causal relationship and mediating role between depression and cognitive performance.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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  6. Neuropathic pain, antidepressant drugs, and inflammation: a narrative review.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia García-FernándezDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-2045
Colette ReinholdDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Nurcan ÜçeylerDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6973-6428
Claudia SommerDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7064-5002
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · DE

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodow-ska-Curie Grant Agreement 764860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyneuropathy (PNP) is a term to describe diseases of the peripheral nervous system, 50% of which present with neuropathic pain. In some types of PNP, pain is restricted to the skin distally in the leg, suggesting a local regulatory process leading to pain. In this study, we proposed a pro-inflammatory pathway mediated by NF-κB that might be involved in the development of pain in patients with painful PNP. To test this hypothesis, we have collected nerve and skin samples from patients with different etiologies and levels of pain. We performed RT-qPCR to analyze the gene expression of the proposed inflammatory pathway components in sural nerve and in distal and proximal skin samples. In sural nerve, we showed a correlation of TLR4 and TNFα to neuropathic pain, and an upregulation of TNFα in patients with severe pain. Patients with an inflammatory PNP also presented a lower expression of TRPV1 and SIRT1. In distal skin, we found a reduced expression of TLR4 and miR-146-5p, in comparison to proximal skin. Our findings thus support our hypothesis of local inflammatory processes involved in pain in PNP, and further show disturbed anti-inflammatory pathways involving TRPV1 and SIRT1 in inflammatory PNP.

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NeuralgiaPolyneuropathiesHumansNF-kappa BPeripheral Nervous SystemSirtuin 1Toll-Like Receptor 4Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaNF-kappa BSirtuin 1Toll-Like Receptor 4Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphainflammationNF-κBpainpolyneuropathyTNFα

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PMID37175520
PMCPMC10178336
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