Dr. Cao Publications

  1. Li JH, Zhao SJ, Guo Y, Chen F, Traub RJ, Wei F, Cao DY. Chronic stress induces wide-spread hyperalgesia: the involvement of spinal CCK1 receptors. Neuropharmacology. 2024; 258: 110067 [PMID 38992792].
  2. Feng HN, Zhong LQY, Xu CX, Wang TT, Wu H, Wang L, Traub RJ, Chen X, Cao DY. Up-regulation of IL-1β and sPLA2-III in the medial prefrontal cortex contributes to orofacial and somatic hyperalgesia induced by malocclusion via glial-neuron crosstalk. Eur J Pharmacol. 2024; 982:176933 [PMID 39182540].
  3. Xu CX, Qiu XY, Guo Y, Xu TM, Traub RJ, Feng HN, Cao DY. Valproate attenuates somatic hyperalgesia induced by orofacial inflammation combined with stress through inhibiting spinal IL-6 and STAT1 phosphorylation. Brain Res Bull, 2024; 208: 110889. [PMID 38290590]
  4. Xiang T, Li JH, Su HY, Bai KH, Wang S, Traub RJ, Cao DY. Spinal CCK1 receptors contribute to somatic pain hypersensitivity induced by malocclusion via a reciprocal neuron-glial signaling cascade. J Pain, 2022; 23(10):1629-1645 [PMID 35691467].
  5. Duan LL, Qiu XY, Wei SQ, Su HY, Bai FR, Traub RJ, Zhou Q, Cao DY. Spinal CCK contributes to somatic hyperalgesia induced by orofacial inflammation combined with stress in adult female rats. Eur J Pharmacol, 2021, 174619 [PMID 34748768].
  6. Cao DY, Hu B, Xue Y, Hanson S, Dessem D, Dorsey SG, Traub RJ. Differential activation of colonic afferents and dorsal horn neurons underlie stress-induced and comorbid visceral hypersensitivity in female rats. J. Pain, 2021; 22(10):1283-1293 [PMID 33887444].
  7. Li JH, Yang JL, Wei SQ, Li ZL, Collins AA, Zou M, Wei F, Cao DY. Contribution of central sensitization to stress-induced spreading hyperalgesia in rats with orofacial inflammation. Mol Brain, 2020;13(1):106 [PMID 32723345].
  8. Xue Y, Wei SQ, Wang PX, Wang WY, Liu EQ, Traub RJ, Cao DY. Down-regulation of spinal 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors contributes to somatic hyperalgesia induced by orofacial inflammation combined with stress. Neuroscience, 2020; 440: 196-209 [PMID 32497757].
  9. Xu GZ*, Xue Y*, Wei SQ, Li JH, Traub RJ, Wang MD, Cao DY. Valproate reverses stress-induced somatic hyperalgesia and visceral hypersensitivity by up-regulating spinal 5-HT2C receptor expression in female rats. Neuropharmacology, 2020; 165: 107926 [PMID 31883927].
  10. Cao DY, Bai G, Ji Y, Traub RJ. Epigenetic upregulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 in the spinal cord attenuates oestrogen-induced visceral hypersensitivity. Gut, 2015; 64 (12): 1913-20 [PMID 25378524].