Dougherty Laboratory
Patrick M. Dougherty, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
- Departments, Labs and Institutes
- Labs
- Dougherty Laboratory
Areas of Research
- Pain
The Dougherty Lab examines mechanisms of chronic pain, including neuropathic pain related to metastasized cancer and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Selected Publications
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Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors
Tavares-Ferreira, et al., 2022, Sci Transl Med Opens a new window
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Electrophysiological alterations driving pain-associated spontaneous activity in human sensory neuron somata parallel alterations described in spontaneously active rodent nociceptors
North et al., 2022, J Pain Opens a new window
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Fadu head and neck squamous cell carcinoma induces hyperexcitability of primary sensory neurons in an in vitro coculture model
Uhelski et al., 2022, PAIN Reports Opens a new window
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RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain
Ray et al., 2022, Brain Opens a new window
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Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy in a dish: dorsal root ganglion cells treated in vitro with paclitaxel show biochemical and physiological responses parallel to that seen in vivo
Li et al., 2021, PAIN Opens a new window
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Electrophysiological and transcriptomic correlates of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglion neurons
North et al., 2019, Brain Opens a new window
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DRG Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel 1.7 Is Upregulated in Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy in Rats and in Humans with Neuropathic Pain
Li et al., 2018, J Neurosci Opens a new window
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Dorsal root ganglion neurons become hyperexcitable and increase expression of voltage-gated T-type calcium channels (Cav3.2) in paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
Li et al., 2017, PAIN Opens a new window
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Dorsal root ganglion infiltration by macrophages contributes to paclitaxel chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
Zhang et al., 2016, J Pain Opens a new window
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The Cancer Chemotherapeutic Paclitaxel Increases Human and Rodent Sensory Neuron Responses to TRPV1 by Activation of TLR4
Li et al., 2015, J Neurosci Opens a new window
Funding Sources
Targeting TLR4-lipid rafts to prevent postoperative pain
1R42NS132622-01
PIs: Patrick Dougherty, Yakov Kogan
Anatomic, Physiologic and Transcriptomic Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain in Human DRG
5R01NS111929-04
PIs: Patrick Dougherty, Theodore Price
Human Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
3U19NS130608-02S1
PIs: Theodore Price, Michele Curatalo
Effects of macrophage-derived exosomes on dorsal root ganglion neurons in models of systemic pain
K00NS120636
PI: Kathleen McDonough
Contact Us
Principal Investigator
Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
PDougherty@MDAnderson.org
713-745-0438
Physical Address
MD Anderson Main Building
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Rooms Y6.5709, Y6.5715, and Y6.5710
Houston, TX 77030
Mailing Address
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pain Medicine - Research
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Unit 0409
Houston, TX 77030