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ArticleZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences2025

Noggin alleviates neuropathic pain by regulating microglial polarization and remodeling iron homeostasis via a STAT3-dependent pathway.

Wenjuan Zhang, Lin Yang, Ran Zhang

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Article in Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Microglial polarization in retinal neovascularization: Friend or foe?Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026
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Wenjuan ZhangDivision of Immunology, Hunan Normal University Health Science Center, Changsha 410013. akkc-wj@163.com.
Lin YangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China. linyang@csu.edu.cn.
Ran ZhangDivision of Immunology, Hunan Normal University Health Science Center, Changsha 410013. ZR13971@hunnu.edu.cn.

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objectivesPain sensitization, as a core feature of neuropathic pain (NP), is closely associated with inflammatory imbalance within the central nervous system. To investigate the effects of intrathecal injection of noggin (NOG) on mechanical hypersensitivity, microglial (MG) activation and polarization, and iron metabolism in a spinal nerve ligation (SNL)-induced rat model of NP, and to explore the role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in MG phenotypic transformation.

methodsSixty-six Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: Sham, SNL, and SNL+NOG. Paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) was assessed using von Frey filaments. Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used to detect spinal cord expression of MG activation marker CD11b, STAT3, phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3), M1 polarization markers [CD86, CD32, interleukin (IL)-1β], tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), M2 markers [CD204, CD163, CX3C chemokine receptor 1 (CX3CR1), IL-10, and arginase-1 (ARG-1)], and iron metabolism-related proteins including ferroportin (FPN, gene:

resultsIn vivo, compared with the Sham group, the SNL and SNL+NOG groups exhibited significantly decreased PWT (

conclusionsNOG alleviates SNL-induced NP by antagonizing the STAT3 signaling pathway, thereby rebalancing microglial polarization and restoring iron metabolism.

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Carrier ProteinsIronMicrogliaNeuralgiaSTAT3 Transcription FactorAnimalsHomeostasisMaleNoggin ProteinRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionSpinal CordCarrier ProteinsIronNoggin ProteinStat3 protein, ratSTAT3 Transcription Factoriron metabolismmicroglial polarizationneuropathic painnogginsignal transducer and activator of transcription 3

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