JAK/STAT3 pathway is activated in spinal cord microglia after peripheral nerve injury and contributes to neuropathic pain development in rat

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-60

  Dominguez, Elisa ^b   Rivat, Cyril ^b   Pommier, Blandine ^b   Mauborgne, Annie ^b   Pohl, Michel ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Janus kinase signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; Neuropathic pain; Peripheral nerve injury; Spinal cord microglia

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE 2; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 51849153310     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05566.x     Document Type: Article

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