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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
There is compelling evidence linking bradykinin (BK) with the pathophysiological processes that accompany tissue damage and inflammation, especially the production of pain and hyperalgesia. Several mechanisms have been proposed to account for hyperalgesia including the direct activation of nociceptors as well as sensitization of nociceptors through the production of prostanoids or the release of other mediators. In keeping with this, antagonists of the BK B2 receptor are efficacious analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents in acute inflammatory pain. More recently it has been suggested that when inflammation is prolonged, BK B1 receptors, which are not expressed in healthy tissues to a significant degree, also play an important role in the maintenance of hyperalgesia. This may be one of a number of adaptive mechanisms that occur peripherally and centrally following the prolonged activation of nociceptors during inflammation or injury.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0166-2236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Bradykinin and inflammatory pain.
pubmed:affiliation
Sandoz Institute for Medical Research, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review