Yong-Jing Gao

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Best Publications

• Emerging targets in neuroinflammation-driven chronic pain

  Ru-Rong Ji;Zhen-Zhong Xu;Yong-Jing Gao

  1149
  Citations

• Distinct roles of matrix metalloproteases in the early- and late-phase development of neuropathic pain

  Yasuhiko Kawasaki;Zhen Zhong Xu;Xiaoying Wang;Jong Yeon Park

  868
  Citations

• Chemokines, neuronal-glial interactions, and central processing of neuropathic pain.

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ru-Rong Ji

  746
  Citations

• JNK-Induced MCP-1 Production in Spinal Cord Astrocytes Contributes to Central Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ling Zhang;Omar Abdel Samad;Marc R. Suter

  666
  Citations

• c-Fos and pERK, which is a better marker for neuronal activation and central sensitization after noxious stimulation and tissue injury?

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ru-Rong Ji

  533
  Citations

• Targeting astrocyte signaling for chronic pain.

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ru-Rong Ji

  475
  Citations

• A long noncoding RNA contributes to neuropathic pain by silencing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons

  Xiuli Zhao;Zongxiang Tang;Hongkang Zhang;Fidelis E. Atianjoh

  400
  Citations

• Emerging role of Toll-like receptors in the control of pain and itch

  Tong Liu;Yong-Jing Gao;Yong-Jing Gao;Ru-Rong Ji

  380
  Citations

• Chemokines in neuron–glial cell interaction and pathogenesis of neuropathic pain

  Zhi-Jun Zhang;Bao-Chun Jiang;Yong-Jing Gao

  335
  Citations

• CXCL13 drives spinal astrocyte activation and neuropathic pain via CXCR5

  Bao-Chun Jiang;De-Li Cao;Xin Zhang;Zhi-Jun Zhang

  311
  Citations

• Chemokine contribution to neuropathic pain: respective induction of CXCL1 and CXCR2 in spinal cord astrocytes and neurons

  Zhi-Jun Zhang;De-Li Cao;Xin Zhang;Ru-Rong Ji

  284
  Citations

• Chemokines in chronic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

  Bao-Chun Jiang;Tong Liu;Yong-Jing Gao

  210
  Citations

• TLR3 deficiency impairs spinal cord synaptic transmission, central sensitization, and pruritus in mice

  Tong Liu;Temugin Berta;Temugin Berta;Zhen Zhong Xu;Zhen Zhong Xu;Chul Kyu Park;Chul Kyu Park

  189
  Citations

• Contributions of the anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala to pain- and fear-conditioned place avoidance in rats.

  Yong-Jing Gao;Wen-Hua Ren;Yu-Qiu Zhang;Zhi-Qi Zhao

  182
  Citations

• Activation of JNK pathway in persistent pain

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ru-Rong Ji

  178
  Citations

• The c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) in spinal astrocytes is required for the maintenance of bilateral mechanical allodynia under a persistent inflammatory pain condition

  Yong Jing Gao;Zhen Zhong Xu;Yen Chin Liu;Yeong Ray Wen

  177
  Citations

• Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Contributes to the Induction and Expression of Affective Pain

  Hong Cao;Yong-Jing Gao;Wen-Hua Ren;Ting-Ting Li

  165
  Citations

• TRAF6 upregulation in spinal astrocytes maintains neuropathic pain by integrating TNF-α and IL-1β signaling.

  Ying Lu;Bao-Chun Jiang;De-Li Cao;Zhi-Jun Zhang

  147
  Citations

• Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to chronic itch, alloknesis, and spinal astrocyte activation in male mice.

  Tong Liu;Qingjian Han;Gang Chen;Ya Huang

  142
  Citations

• Spinal injection of TNF-α-activated astrocytes produces persistent pain symptom mechanical allodynia by releasing monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.

  Yong-Jing Gao;Ling Zhang;Ru-Rong Ji

  141
  Citations

• Large A-fiber activity is required for microglial proliferation and p38 MAPK activation in the spinal cord: different effects of resiniferatoxin and bupivacaine on spinal microglial changes after spared nerve injury

  Marc R Suter;Temugin Berta;Yong-Jing Gao;Isabelle Decosterd

  132
  Citations