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Pain sensitivity is strongly modulated by intracellular signalling. The analysis of pain signalling is hampered by small numbers of neurons, high cellular heterogeneity, and near absence of transfectability. HCS microscopy allowed us to proof that nociceptive neurons express specific signalling components, to analyze signalling activity of endogenous signalling components with single cell resolution, and thereby to suggest blockers of Nav1.7 as novel therapeutic approach to boost the efficacy of opioids.
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Jörg Isensee 1997–2002 Biotechnologiestudium an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg. 2002–2004 Studium der Life Sciences an der Universität Hannover. 2004–2009 Promotion an der Charité, Berlin. 2009–2012 Postdoc am Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Berlin. Seit 2012 Postdoc in der Uniklinik Köln.
Tim Hucho 1991–1997 Biochemiestudium an der Universität Leipzig und der FU Berlin. 1997–2002 Promotion bei Prof. Dr. Y. A. Barde am Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Martinsried. 2002–2005 Postdoc bei Prof. Dr. J. D. Levine an der University of California, San Francisco, USA. 2005–2012 AG-Leiter bei Prof. Dr. H. H. Ropers am Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Berlin. Seit 2012 W2-Professor für Klinische und Experimentelle Anästhesiologie an der Universität zu Köln.
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Isensee, J., Hucho, T. HCS-Mikroskopie – ein Schlüssel zu intrazellulären Schmerzmechanismen. Biospektrum 23, 277–280 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0796-2
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