Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain, but pain severity is not fully explained by cartilage loss or radiographic damage. Neuropeptide Y is a multifunctional neuropeptide with receptor- and compartment-dependent effects on nociceptive signaling, sympathetic activity, immune regulation, and s...
Heng Qiu, Li Wang, Dan-Ni Luo et al.· Frontiers in Pain Research· 0 citations
Skeletal degeneration is a major cause of pain, disability, fragility fracture, and loss of independence in aging populations. Although osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and intervertebral disc degeneration are usually managed as anatomically separate disorders, they share a common regenerative failure: endogenous stem and...