Do nerve growth factor-related mechanisms contribute to loss of cutaneous nociception in leprosy?

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Facer, Paul ^a   Mann, Dawn ^b   Mathur, Rajeev ^c   Pandya, Shubha ^c   Ladiwala, Uma ^c   Singhal, Bhim ^c   Hongo, Jo Anne ^d   Sinicropi, Dominick V ^d   Terenghi, Giorgio ^b   Anand, Praveen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Leprosy; Nerve growth factor; Skin; trk A, Sensory neurone specific sodium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; LEPROSY; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTES; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REFLEX; SKIN; SODIUM CHANNELS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 18344400284     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00273-0     Document Type: Article

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