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Zi-Han Wu, Han-Yu Shao, Yuan-Yuan Fu, Xiao-Bo Wu, De Li Cao, Sheng-Xiang Yan, Wei-Lin Sha, Yong-Jing Gao*, Zhi-Jing Zhang*. Descending Modulation of Spinal Itch Transmission by Primary Somatosensory Cortex. Neuroscience Bulletin  2021 Sep;37(9):1345-1350.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Li-Na He, Bao-Chun Jiang, Xue Wang, Ying Lu, Yong-Jing Gao*. Increased CXCL13 and CXCR5 in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Contributes to Neuropathic Pain-Related Conditioned Place Aversion. Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019, 35:613-623.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Jing Zhang, Bin Wu, Ming Jiang, Hanzhong Cao, Hao Wu, Yong-Jing Gao*. G protein-coupled receptor GPR151 is involved in trigeminal neuropathic pain via the induction of Gbg/ERK-mediated neuroinflammation in the trigeminal ganglion. Pain,2021 May 1;162(5):1434-1448.

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Ying Lu, De-Li Cao, Ling-Jie Ma, Yong-Jing Gao*. TRAF6 Contributes to CFA-Induced Spinal Microglial Activation and Chronic Inflammatory Pain in Mice. Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2021 Mar 10.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Qian Zhu, Yong-Jing Gao*. CCL2/CCR2 Contributes to the Altered Excitatory-inhibitory Synaptic Balance in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Following Peripheral Nerve Injury-induced Neuropathic Pain. Neurosci Bull. 2021 Jul;37(7):921-933.

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Yan-Fang Kong,Wei-Lin Sha, Xiao-Bo Wu, Lin-Xia Zhao, Ling-Jie Ma, Yong-Jing Gao*. CXCL10/CXCR3 signaling in the DRG exacerbates neuropathic pain in mice.Neuroscience Bulletin 2021 Mar;37(3):339-352.

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Lin-Xia Zhao,Ming Jiang,Xue-Qiang Bai, De-Li Cao, Xiao-Bo Wu, Jing Zhang, Jian-Shuang Guo, Tong-Tong Chen, Juan Wang, Hao Wu, Yong-Jing Gao*, Zhi-Jun Zhang*. TLR8 in the trigeminal ganglion contributes to the maintenance of trigeminal neuropathic pain in mice。Neuroscience Bulletin，2021 Apr;37(4):550-562.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Tong Liu,  Yong-Jing Gao*. Chemokines in chronic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 Aug;212:107581. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107581. Epub 2020 May 22.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Li-Na He, Bao-Chun Jiang, Xue Wang, Ying Lu, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Increased CXCL13 and CXCR5 in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Contributes to Neuropathic Pain-Related Conditioned Place Aversion. Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019, 35:613-623.    IF:4.326

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Zhi-Jun Zhang, Jian-Shuang Guo, Si-Si Li, Xiao-Bo Wu, De-Li Cao, Bao-Chun Jiang, Peng-Bo Jing, Xue-Qiang Bai, Chun-Hua Li, Zi-Han Wu1, Ying Lu, Yong-Jing Gao*.  TLR8 and its endogenous ligand miR-21 contribute to neuropathic pain in murine DRG. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2018 Dec 3;215(12):3019-3037.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Wen-Wen Zhang, Tian Yang, Chang-Yun Guo, De-Li Cao, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Demethylation of G protein-coupled receptor 151 promoter facilitates the binding of Kruppel-like factor 5 and enhances neuropathic pain after nerve injury in mice. J Neurosci.2018 Dec 5;38(49):10535-10551.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Peng-Bo Jing, Zhi-Jun Zhang, De-Li Cao, Ming-Hui Gao, Bao-Chun Jiang, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Chemokine receptor CCR2 contributes to neuropathic pain and the associated depression via increasing NR2B-mediated currents in both D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-containing medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018 Oct;43(11):2320-2330.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Li-Na He, Bao-Chun Jiang, Hui Shi, Xue-Qiang Bai, Wen-Wen Zhang, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Spinal CXCL9 and CXCL11 are not involved in neuropathic pain despite an upregulation in the spinal cord following spinal nerve injury. Mol Pain. 2018 Jan-Dec;14:1744806918777401. doi: 10.1177/1744806918777401. Epub 2018 Apr 30.

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Peng-Bo Jing, De-Li Cao, Si-Si Li, Meixuan Zhu,Xue-Qiang Bai, Xiao-Bo Wu, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 in the Spinal Cord Contributes to Chronic Itch in Mice.Neurosci Bull. 2018 Feb;34(1):54-63.

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Zhi-Jun Zhang, Bao-Chun Jiang,Yong-Jing Gao*.  Chemokines in neuron-glial cell interaction and pathogenesis of neuropathic pain.Cell Mol Life Sci. 2017 Sep;74(18):3275-3291.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Li-Na He, Xiao-Bo Wu, Hui Shi, Wen-Wen Zhang, Zhi-Jun Zhang, De-Li Cao, Chun-Hua Li, Jun Gu, Yong-Jing Gao*.  Promoted interaction of C/EBPα with demethylated Cxcr3 gene promoter contributes to neuropathic pain in mice. J Neurosci. 2017 Jan 18;37(3):685-700.

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Bao-Chun Jiang,De-Li Cao, Xin Zhang, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Li-Na He,Chun-Hua Li, Wen-Wen Zhang, Xiao-Bo Wu, Temugin Berta, Ru-Rong Ji, Yong-Jing Gao*.  CXCL13 drives spinal astrocyte activation and neuropathic pain via CXCR5. J Clin Invest, 2016 Feb 1;126(2):745-761.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Tian Yang, Li-Na He, Yuan-Xiang Tao, Yong-Jing Gao*. Altered T-UCRs expression profile in the spinal cord of mice with neuropathic pain. Translational perioperative and pain medicine 2016, 1:1-10.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, Biao Liang,  Yong-Jing Gao*.The increase of intrinsic excitability of layer V pyramidal cells in the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex of adult mice after peripheral inflammation. Neurosci Lett. 2015 Nov 22;611:40-45.

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Xiao-Bo Wu, De-Li Cao, Xin Zhang, Bao-Chun Jiang, Lin-Xia Zhao, Bian Qian, Yong-Jing Gao*. CXCL13/CXCR5 enhances sodium channel Nav1.8 current density via p38 MAP kinase in primary sensory neurons following inflammatory pain. Sci Rep.2016 Oct 6;6:34836.

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Qian Zhang, De-Li Cao, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Bao-Chun Jiang,  Yong-Jing Gao*. Chemokine CXCL13 mediates orofacial neuropathic pain via CXCR5/ERK pathway in the trigeminal ganglion of mice.J Neuroinflammation. 2016 Jul 11;13(1):183.

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Gang Chen#, Rou-Gang Xie^#, Yong-Jing Gao^#, Zhen-Zhong Xu^#, Lin-Xia Zhao, Sangsu Bang, Temugin Berta, Chul-Kyu Park, Mark Lay, Wei Chen, Ru-Rong Ji*. b-arrestin-2 regulates NMDA receptor function in spinal lamina II neurons and duration of persistent pain.Nat Commun.2016 Aug 19;7:12531.

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Bao-Chun Jiang, Wen-Xing Sun, Li-Na He, De-Li Cao, Zhi-Jun Zhang,  Yong-Jing Gao*. Identification of lncRNA expression profile in the spinal cord of mice following spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathic pain. Mol Pain. 2015 Jul 17;11(1):43.

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Jun-Jie Chen, Lin Dai, Lin-Xia Zhao, Xiang Zhu, Su Cao,  Yong-Jing Gao*.  Intrathecal curcumin attenuates pain hypersensitivity and decreases spinal neuroinflammation in rat model of monoarthritis. Scientific Reports. 2015 May 19;5:10278.

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Yan Shen, Zhi-Jun Zhang,Ming-Di Zhu,Bao-Chun Jiang, Tian Yang, Yong-Jing Gao*. Exogenous induction of HO-1 alleviates vincristine-induced neuropathic pain by reducing spinal glial activation in mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 2015 Jul;79:100-10.

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Ying Lu, De-Li Cao, Bao-Chun Jiang, Tian Yang,  Yong-Jing Gao*. MicroRNA-146a-5p attenuates neuropathic pain via suppressing TRAF6 signaling in the spinal cord. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2015 Oct;49:119-29.