| Emerging targets in neuroinflammation-driven chronic pain RR Ji, ZZ Xu, YJ Gao Nature reviews Drug discovery 13 (7), 533-548, 2014 | 964 | 2014 |
| Distinct roles of matrix metalloproteases in the early-and late-phase development of neuropathic pain Y Kawasaki, ZZ Xu, X Wang, JY Park, ZY Zhuang, PH Tan, YJ Gao, K Roy, ... Nature medicine 14 (3), 331-336, 2008 | 828 | 2008 |
| Chemokines, neuronal–glial interactions, and central processing of neuropathic pain YJ Gao, RR Ji Pharmacology & therapeutics 126 (1), 56-68, 2010 | 701 | 2010 |
| JNK-induced MCP-1 production in spinal cord astrocytes contributes to central sensitization and neuropathic pain YJ Gao, L Zhang, OA Samad, MR Suter, K Yasuhiko, ZZ Xu, JY Park, ... Journal of Neuroscience 29 (13), 4096-4108, 2009 | 642 | 2009 |
| Targeting astrocyte signaling for chronic pain YJ Gao, RR Ji Neurotherapeutics 7 (4), 482-493, 2010 | 473 | 2010 |
| c-Fos and pERK, which is a better marker for neuronal activation and central sensitization after noxious stimulation and tissue injury? YJ Gao, RR Ji The open pain journal 2, 11, 2009 | 473 | 2009 |
| A long noncoding RNA contributes to neuropathic pain by silencing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons X Zhao, Z Tang, H Zhang, FE Atianjoh, JY Zhao, L Liang, W Wang, ... Nature neuroscience 16 (8), 1024-1031, 2013 | 360 | 2013 |
| Emerging role of Toll-like receptors in the control of pain and itch T Liu, YJ Gao, RR Ji Neuroscience bulletin 28, 131-144, 2012 | 351 | 2012 |
| Chemokine contribution to neuropathic pain: respective induction of CXCL1 and CXCR2 in spinal cord astrocytes and neurons ZJ Zhang, DL Cao, X Zhang, RR Ji, YJ Gao PAIN® 154 (10), 2185-2197, 2013 | 269 | 2013 |
| Chemokines in neuron–glial cell interaction and pathogenesis of neuropathic pain ZJ Zhang, BC Jiang, YJ Gao Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 74 (18), 3275-3291, 2017 | 259 | 2017 |
| CXCL13 drives spinal astrocyte activation and neuropathic pain via CXCR5 BC Jiang, DL Cao, X Zhang, ZJ Zhang, LN He, CH Li, WW Zhang, XB Wu, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 126 (2), 745-761, 2016 | 251 | 2016 |
| TLR3 deficiency impairs spinal cord synaptic transmission, central sensitization, and pruritus in mice T Liu, T Berta, ZZ Xu, CK Park, L Zhang, N Lü, Q Liu, Y Liu, YJ Gao, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 122 (6), 2195-2207, 2012 | 178 | 2012 |
| 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 YJ Gao, ZZ Xu, YC Liu, YR Wen, I Decosterd, RR Ji Pain 148 (2), 309-319, 2010 | 175 | 2010 |
| Activation of JNK pathway in persistent pain YJ Gao, RR Ji Neuroscience letters 437 (3), 180-183, 2008 | 171 | 2008 |
| Contributions of the anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala to pain-and fear-conditioned place avoidance in rats YJ Gao, WH Ren, YQ Zhang, ZQ Zhao Pain 110 (1-2), 343-353, 2004 | 162 | 2004 |
| Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the anterior cingulate cortex contributes to the induction and expression of affective pain H Cao, YJ Gao, WH Ren, TT Li, KZ Duan, YH Cui, XH Cao, ZQ Zhao, ... Journal of Neuroscience 29 (10), 3307-3321, 2009 | 160 | 2009 |
| Chemokine CXCL1 enhances inflammatory pain and increases NMDA receptor activity and COX-2 expression in spinal cord neurons via activation of CXCR2 DL Cao, ZJ Zhang, RG Xie, BC Jiang, RR Ji, YJ Gao Experimental neurology 261, 328-336, 2014 | 134 | 2014 |
| Spinal injection of TNF‐α‐activated astrocytes produces persistent pain symptom mechanical allodynia by releasing monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 YJ Gao, L Zhang, RR Ji Glia 58 (15), 1871-1880, 2010 | 134 | 2010 |
| Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to chronic itch, alloknesis, and spinal astrocyte activation in male mice T Liu, Q Han, G Chen, Y Huang, LX Zhao, T Berta, YJ Gao, RR Ji Pain 157 (4), 806-817, 2016 | 133 | 2016 |
| TRAF6 upregulation in spinal astrocytes maintains neuropathic pain by integrating TNF-α and IL-1β signaling Y Lu, BC Jiang, DL Cao, ZJ Zhang, X Zhang, RR Ji, YJ Gao PAIN® 155 (12), 2618-2629, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
