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Recent Publications

 

 

Luo, F, Cheng, Y, Chen, Y, Shukla PK, Tang L, Wang, LX, Wang ZJ, Reversal of chronic inflammatory pain by acute inhibition of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II   J Pharmacol Exp Ther (in press) PDF

 

Tang L, Chen, Y, Chen Z, Blumberg PM, Kozikowski AP, Wang ZJ, Antinociceptive pharmacology of N-(4-chlorobenzyl)-N’-(4-hydroxy-3-iodo-5-methoxybenzyl) thiourea (IBTU), a high-affinity competitive antagonist of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 receptor, J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 321(2): 791-798. Medline PDF

 

Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang ZJ, Disruption of opioid dependence by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting neurogranin, Brain Res 2007; 1143: 78-82. Medline PDF

 

Rhyu M, Lu J, Webster DE, Fabricant DS, Farnsworth NR, Wang ZJ, Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga racemosa) behaves as a mixed competitive ligand and partial agonist at the human mu opiate receptor. J Agr Food Chem 2006; 54:9852 – 9857. Medline   PDF

 

Wang ZJ, Wang LX. Phosphorylation: A molecular switch in opioid tolerance (Invited Review). Life Sci 2006; 79:1681-1691. Medline PDF

 

Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang LX, Wang ZJ. Reversal of morphine antinociceptive tolerance and dependence by the acute supraspinal inhibition of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006;317:901-909. Medline  PDF

 

Nissan HP, Lu J, Booth NL, Yamamura HI, Farnsworth NR, Wang ZJ, A Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Phase II Clinical Extract Possesses Opiate Activity, J Ethnopharmacol 2007; 30;112(1):207-10. Medline PDF

      

Deng S, Chen SN, Lu J, Wang ZJ, Nikolic D, van Breemen RB, Santarsiero BD, Mesecar A, Fong HHS, Farnsworth NR, Pauli GF. GABAergic phthalide dimers from Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels,. Phytochem Anal 2006; 17: 398 - 405. Medline PDF

 

Bhalla S, Ciaccio N, Wang ZJ, Gulati A. Involvement of endothelin in morphine tolerance in neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2006;231:1152-1156. Medline

 

Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang ZJ. Attenuation of opioid tolerance by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting neurogranin. Eur J Pharmacol Rapid Comm. 2006;542:106-107. Medline  PDF

 

Shukla PK, Tang L, Wang ZJ. Phosphorylation of neurogranin, protein kinase C, and Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II in opioid tolerance and dependence. Neurosci Lett. 2006;404:266-269. Medline       PDF

 

Webster DE, Lu J, Chen SN, Farnsworth NR, Wang ZJ. Activation of the mu opiate receptor by Vitex agnus-castus methanol extracts: implication for its use in PMS. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006;106:216-221. Epub 2006 Jan 24. Medline   PDF

 

Tang L, Shukla PK, Wang ZJ. Trifluoperazine, an orally available clinically used drug, disrupts opioid antinociceptive tolerance. Neurosci Lett. 2006;397:1-4. Epub 2005 Dec 27. Medline   PDF

 

Lu J, Jeon E, Lee BS, Onyuksel H, Wang ZJ. Targeted drug delivery crossing cytoplasmic membranes of intended cells via ligand-grafted sterically stabilized liposomes. J Control Release 2006;110(3):505-513. Epub 2005 Dec 13.

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Gardell LR, Ibrahim M, Wang R, Wang Z, Ossipov MH, Malan TP, Jr., Porreca F, Lai J. Mouse strains that lack spinal dynorphin upregulation after peripheral nerve injury do not develop neuropathic pain. Neuroscience. 2004;123:43-52.

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Xin L, Wang ZJ. Animal and cellular models of chronic pain (Invited Review). Advanced Drug Delivery Review. 2003;55:949-965. Medline PDF

 

Wang ZJ. Preface: the innovative technologies for the study and treatment of pain. Advanced Drug Delivery Review. 2003;55:929-930.  Medline PDF

 

Wang ZJ, Tang L, Xin L. Reversal of morphine antinociceptive tolerance by acute spinal inhibition of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. Eur J Pharmacol Rapid Comm. 2003;465:199-200. Medline PDF

 

Xin L, Wang ZJ. Bioinformatic analysis of the human mu opioid receptor (OPRM1) splice and polymorphic variants. AAPS PharmSci. 2002; 4 (4), Article 23, 1-13. Journal        PDF

 

Wang Z, Gardell LR, Ossipov MH, Vanderah TW, Brennan MB, Hochgeschwender U, Hruby VJ, Malan Jr TP, Lai J, Porreca F. Propociceptive actions of dynorphin maintain chronic neuropathic pain. J Neurosci. 2001;21:1779-86. Journal  PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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