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Protein Kinases as Mediators for miRNA Modulation of Neuropathic Pain.

Leah Chang, Zala Čok, Lei Yu

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Leah ChangDepartment of Genetics, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8264-5326
Zala ČokDepartment of Genetics, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Lei YuDepartment of Genetics, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4339-3951

Funding

Chemokine-receptor profiling for painful diabetic neuropathy in biological samples from human clinical trialsR43NS120617 · NINDS · PLUMERIA THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI RICHARDSON, THOMAS P, WANG, YIPING · 2021 to 2021
$700k
Chemokine-receptor expression profiling in biological samples from human clinical trialsR43NS108887 · NINDS · PLUMERIA THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI RICHARDSON, THOMAS P · 2018 to 2019
$280k
NIH HHS 1R43NS120617-21A1NINDS NIH HHS R43 NS108887NINDS NIH HHS R43 NS120617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropathic pain is a chronic condition resulting from injury or dysfunction in the somatosensory nervous system, which leads to persistent pain and a significant impairment of quality of life. Research has highlighted the complex molecular mechanisms that underlie neuropathic pain and has begun to delineate the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in modulating pain pathways. miRNAs, which are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally, have been shown to influence key cellular processes, including neuroinflammation, neuronal excitability, and synaptic plasticity. These processes contribute to the persistence of neuropathic pain, and miRNAs have emerged as critical regulators of pain behaviors by modulating signaling pathways that control pain sensitivity. miRNAs can influence neuropathic pain by targeting genes that encode protein kinases involved in pain signaling. This review focuses on miRNAs that have been demonstrated to modulate neuropathic pain behavior through their effects on protein kinases or their immediate upstream regulators. The relationship between miRNAs and neuropathic pain behaviors is characterized as either an upregulation or a downregulation of miRNA levels that leads to a reduction in neuropathic pain. In the case of miRNA upregulation resulting in an alleviation of neuropathic pain behaviors, protein kinases exhibit a positive correlation with neuropathic pain, whereas decreased protein kinase levels correlate with diminished neuropathic pain behaviors. The only exception is GRK2, which shows an inverse correlation with neuropathic pain. In the case of miRNA downregulation resulting in a reduction in neuropathic pain behaviors, protein kinases display mixed relationships to neuropathic pain, with some kinases exhibiting positive correlation, while others exhibit negative correlation. By exploring how protein kinases mediate miRNA modulation of neuropathic pain, valuable insight may be gained into the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain, offering potential therapeutic targets for developing more effective strategies for pain management.

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MicroRNAsNeuralgiaProtein KinasesAnimalsHumansSignal TransductionMicroRNAsProtein KinaseskinasesmiRNAsneuropathic pain

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PMID40277902
PMCPMC12025903

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