Kornél Király, Márk Kozsurek, Erika Lukácsi, Benjamin Barta, Alán Alpár, Tamás Balázsa, Csaba Fekete, Judit Szabon, Zsuzsanna Helyes, Kata Bölcskei, Valéria Tékus, Zsuzsanna E Tóth, Károly Pap, Gábor Gerber, Zita Puskár
Altered pain sensations such as hyperalgesia and allodynia are characteristic features of various pain states, and remain difficult to treat. We have shown previously that spinal application of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors induces strong antihyperalgesic effect during inflammatory pain. In this study we observed low level of DPP4 mRNA in the rat spinal dorsal horn in physiological conditions, which did not change significantly either in carrageenan-induced inflammatory or partial nerve ligation-generated neuropathic states...
February 22, 2018: Scientific Reports