Pain Receptors and Diabetic Neuropathy

We Got the Markers
Our Markers for Pain Research are widely used and frequently published. They are often referenced in publications on Diabetic nerve pain.

Here are some of my past blog postings:

• Cytokines and Neuropathic Pain
• Epidermal Nerve Fibers in Neuropathic Pain Model
• Pain Research and Gene Expression Analysis

Here's a model of the actual nerve receptors behind both intractable pain and loss of sensation.

A: Simplified model of nociception under normal conditions. Free nerve endings transduce a painful stimulus into a neural signal, which propagates to DRG centrally and eventually synapses on a nociceptive neuron within the DH of the spinal cord.B: Proposed model of nociception under conditions of diabetic hyperalgesia and allodynia. A pain signal augmented by upregulated pronociceptive ion channels in sensory neurons is carried toward the DH, where it is further augmented by a hypoactive GABAergic system and subsequently diminished inhibition from an inhibitory interneuron. NMDAR, N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors. https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi15-0006

We will continue to post findings on the root causes and potential treatment for Neuropathy.

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Image: Human Primary Schwann Cells in Culture

Human Schwann Cells (HSwC) are isolated from the human spinal nerve. HSwC are cryopreserved at passage one and delivered frozen. Each vial contains >5 x 10^5 cells in 1 ml volume. HSwC are characterized by immunofluorescence with antibodies specific to S100, GFAP, and CD90