Specialized cutaneous Schwann cells initiate pain sensation

Hind Abdo, Laura Calvo-Enrique, José A. Martínez‐López, +7

Science

Pain MedicineNeuropathic PainMolecular PainPeripheral NerveDermatology +18

miR-183 cluster scales mechanical pain sensitivity by regulating basal and neuropathic pain genes

Changgeng Peng, Lili Li, Ming-Dong Zhang, +13

Science

Demise of nociceptive Schwann cells causes nerve retraction and pain hyperalgesia

Puneet Rinwa, Laura Calvo-Enrique, Ming-Dong Zhang, +3

Pain

Hepatitis B and C virus infection and the risk of biliary tract cancer: A population‐based study in China

Ann W. Hsing, Ming-Dong Zhang, Asif Rashid, +8

International Journal of Cancer

Hepatitis BGastroenterologyPathologyC Virus InfectionOncology +16

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a vaccine prepared from 53 kDa truncated hepatitis E virus capsid protein expressed in insect cells

Ming-Dong Zhang, Suzanne U. Emerson, Hanh Nguyen, +4

Vaccine

VaccinationProtective EfficacyVaccine DevelopmentInsect CellsImmunology +6

Variants in Inflammation Genes and the Risk of Biliary Tract Cancers and Stones: A Population-Based Study in China

Ann W. Hsing, Lori C. Sakoda, Asif Rashid, +14

Cancer Research

Biliary Tract CancersGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismPathology +17

Neuronal calcium-binding proteins 1/2 localize to dorsal root ganglia and excitatory spinal neurons and are regulated by nerve injury

Ming-Dong Zhang, Giuseppe Tortoriello, Brian Hsueh, +12

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Peripheral Nerve InjuryVentral HornNeurotransmissionPeripheral NervePeripheral Nerves +17

PRDM12 Is Required for Initiation of the Nociceptive Neuron Lineage during Neurogenesis

Luca Bartesaghi, Yiqiao Wang, Paula Fontanet, +24

Cell Reports

Somatostatin and its 2A Receptor in Dorsal Root Ganglia and Dorsal Horn of Mouse and Human: Expression, Trafficking and Possible Role in Pain

Tiejun Shi, Qiong Xiang, Ming-Dong Zhang, +9

Molecular Pain

Identification of the 5′ terminal sequence of the SAR‐55 and MEX‐14 strains of hepatitis E virus and confirmation that the genome is capped

Ming-Dong Zhang, Robert H. Purcell, Suzanne U. Emerson

Journal of Medical Virology

Virus StructureViral ReplicationHepatitis E VirusMex‐14 StrainsMolecular Virology +13