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SUBMITTER: Bokarewa MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4150510 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bokarewa Maria I MI Erlandsson Malin C MC Bjersing Jan J Dehlin Mats M Mannerkorpi Kaisa K
Mediators of inflammation 20140814
Smoking deregulates neuroendocrine responses to pain supporting production of neuropeptide Y (NpY) by direct stimulation of nicotinic receptors or by inhibiting adipokine leptin. Present study addressed the effect of cigarette smoking on adipokines and pain parameters, in 62 women with fibromyalgia (FM) pain syndrome with unknown etiology. Pain was characterized by a visual analogue scale, tender point (TP) counts, pressure pain threshold, and neuroendocrine markers NpY and substance P (sP). Lev ...[more]