Cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 prevents the development of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in rats. Possible involvement of spinal glial cells.

Spinal glial activation contributes to the development and maintenance of chronic pain states, including neuropathic pain of diverse etiologies. Cannabinoid compounds have shown antinociceptive properties in a variety of neuropathic pain models and are emerging as a promising class of drugs to treat neuropathic pain. Thus, the effects of repeated treatment with WIN 55,212-2, a synthetic cannabinoid agonist, were examined throughout the development of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.

Antinociceptive effect of three common analgesic drugs on peripheral neuropathy induced by paclitaxel in rats.

Nowadays, there are no validated drugs to control the neuropathic pain induced by paclitaxel, one of the most effective antineoplastic drugs. The aim was to study the involvement of opioid and NMDA receptor on established paclitaxel-induced pain, testing three common analgesics drugs morphine, ketamine and methadone. Animals received four intraperitoneal (i.

Antinociceptive effect of the cannabinoid agonist, WIN 55,212-2, in the orofacial and temporomandibular formalin tests.

Orofacial pain disorders are frequent in the general population and their pharmacological treatment is not always adequately resolved. Cannabinoids have demonstrated their analgesic effect in several pain conditions, both in animal models and in clinical situations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cannabinoid-mediated antinociception in two inflammatory models of orofacial pain (orofacial and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) formalin test) and to compare it with a spinal inflammatory model (paw formalin test).

Cytokine polymorphisms in patients with pemphigus.

The aim of this study was to assess whether tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms are among the factors influencing the development of pemphigus. Whole blood from 20 patients with pemphigus and 24 control subjects was taken. Genomic DNA was obtained and cytokine genotyping for IL-10 (-1082 G/A; -819 C/T), TGFB1 (codon 10 C/T, codon 25 G/C) and TNFA (-308 G/A) was performed using the ARMS-PCR method.