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Overview

Marzia Malcangio is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focused interest in subfields such as Physiology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Immunology.

The central topics of Malcangio's work include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research

Malcangio has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads, 2022, Neuron
  • Changes in blood-spinal cord barrier permeability and neuroimmune interactions in the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain, 2021, PAIN Reports
  • Imbalance of proresolving lipid mediators in persistent allodynia dissociated from signs of clinical arthritis, 2020, Pain
  • Dorsal root ganglia CX3CR1 expressing monocytes/macrophages contribute to arthritis pain, 2022, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Microglial heterogeneity in chronic pain, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Pain
  • Neuron
  • PAIN Reports
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations are a notable aspect of Malcangio's career, with frequent coauthors comprising:

  • George Sideris-Lampretsas
  • Silvia Oggero
  • Rita Silva
  • Karli Montague-Cardoso
  • Lynda Zeboudj

Malcangio's research emphasizes mechanisms underlying chronic pain and neuroimmune interactions, often examining cellular and molecular processes involving microglia and monocytes/macrophages in pain states. This aligns with their broader interest in neuroinflammation and pain treatment modalities.

Best Publications

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

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  • MAP kinase and pain

    Ru-Rong Ji;Robert W. Gereau;Marzia Malcangio;Gary R. Strichartz

  • The role of glia in the spinal cord in neuropathic and inflammatory pain

    Elizabeth Amy Old;Anna K. Clark;Marzia Malcangio

  • Neurotrophin secretion: current facts and future prospects

    Volkmar Lessmann;Kurt Gottmann;Marzia Malcangio

  • Pain related behaviour in two models of osteoarthritis in the rat knee.

    Janet Fernihough;Clive Gentry;Marzia Malcangio;Alyson Fox

  • Inhibition of spinal microglial cathepsin S for the reversal of neuropathic pain

    Anna K. Clark;Ping K. Yip;John Grist;Clive Gentry

  • Assessment and treatment of pain in people with dementia

    Anne Corbett;Bettina Husebo;Marzia Malcangio;Amelia Staniland

  • Current Challenges in Glia-Pain Biology

    Stephen B. McMahon;Marzia Malcangio

  • Neuropathic pain and cytokines: current perspectives

    Anna K Clark;Elizabeth A Old;Marzia Malcangio

  • P2X7-Dependent Release of Interleukin-1β and Nociception in the Spinal Cord following Lipopolysaccharide

    Anna K. Clark;Amelia A. Staniland;Fabien Marchand;Timothy Ky Y. Kaan

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is released in the dorsal horn by distinctive patterns of afferent fiber stimulation

    Isobel J. Lever;Elizabeth J. Bradbury;Joanna R. Cunningham;David W. Adelson

  • Chemokines and pain mechanisms

    Catherine Abbadie;Sonia Bhangoo;Yves De Koninck;Marzia Malcangio

  • Distinct Nav1.7-dependent pain sensations require different sets of sensory and sympathetic neurons

    Michael S. Minett;Mohammed A. Nassar;Anna K. Clark;Gayle Passmore

  • A pharmacologic analysis of mechanical hyperalgesia in streptozotocin/diabetic rats.

    Marzia Malcangio;David R Tomlinson

  • Role of spinal microglia in rat models of peripheral nerve injury and inflammation

    Anna K. Clark;Clive Gentry;Elizabeth J. Bradbury;Stephen B. McMahon

  • BDNF: a neuromodulator in nociceptive pathways?

    Sophie Pezet;Marzia Malcangio;Stephen B McMahon

  • Exosomal cargo including microRNA regulates sensory neuron to macrophage communication after nerve trauma.

    Raffaele Simeoli;Karli Montague;Hefin R. Jones;Laura Castaldi

  • The Liberation of Fractalkine in the Dorsal Horn Requires Microglial Cathepsin S

    Anna K. Clark;Ping K. Yip;Marzia Malcangio

  • A distinct role for transient receptor potential ankyrin 1, in addition to transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, in tumor necrosis factor α-induced inflammatory hyperalgesia and Freund's complete adjuvant-induced monarthritis.

    Elizabeth S. Fernandes;Fiona A. Russell;Domenico Spina;Jason J. McDougall

  • Role of the immune system in neuropathic pain.

    Marzia Malcangio

  • Selective Activation of Microglia Facilitates Synaptic Strength

    Anna K. Clark;Doris Gruber-Schoffnegger;Ruth Drdla-Schutting;Katharina J. Gerhold

  • Complex changes of GABAA and GABAB receptor binding in the spinal cord dorsal horn following peripheral inflammation or neurectomy

    J.M. Castro-Lopes;M. Malcangio;B.H. Pan;N.G. Bowery

Frequent Co-Authors

John Grist
John Grist King's College London
Stephen B. McMahon
Stephen B. McMahon King's College London
Clive Gentry
Clive Gentry King's College London
Norman G. Bowery
Norman G. Bowery University of Birmingham
Stuart Bevan
Stuart Bevan King's College London
Ping K. Yip
Ping K. Yip Queen Mary University of London
Elizabeth J. Bradbury
Elizabeth J. Bradbury King's College London
Livio Luongo
Livio Luongo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Alyson Fox
Alyson Fox Welcome Trust
Enza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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