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    The soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor TPPU improves comorbidity of chronic pain and depression via the AHR and TSPO signaling

    Patients suffering from chronic pain often also exhibit depression symptoms. Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitors can decrease blood levels of inflammatory cytokines. However, whether inhibiting sEH sign...

    Ailin Luo, Zifeng Wu, Shan Li, Cindy B. McReynolds in Journal of Translational Medicine (2023)

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    Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the antidepressant effects of ketamine enantiomers and its metabolites

    Although the robust antidepressant effects of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression are beyond doubt, the precise molecular and cellular mec...

    Chun Yang, Jianjun Yang, Ailin Luo, Kenji Hashimoto in Translational Psychiatry (2019)

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    Key role of gut microbiota in anhedonia-like phenotype in rodents with neuropathic pain

    Patients with chronic neuropathic pain frequently suffer from symptoms of anhedonia, which is a core symptom of depression. Accumulating studies suggest that gut microbiota may play a role in depression via gu...

    Chun Yang, ** Fang, Gaofeng Zhan, Niannian Huang, Shan Li in Translational Psychiatry (2019)