Publications
Villa S, Aasvang EK, Attal N, Baron R, Bourinet E, Calvo M, Finnerup NB, Galosi E, Hockley JRF, Karlsson P, Kemp H, Körner J, Kutafina E, Lampert A, Mürk M, Nochi Z, Price TJ, Rice ASC, Sommer C, Taba P, Themistocleous AC, Treede RD, Truini A, Üçeyler N, Bennett DL*, Schmid AB*, Denk F*. Harmonizing neuropathic pain research: outcomes of the London consensus meeting on peripheral tissue studies. Pain. 2024 Oct 16. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003445
Goodwin GL, Marin AC, Vlachaki Walker J, Hobbs C, Denk F (2024). Using in vivo calcium imaging and home cage behavioural analysis to study pain in mouse models of rheumatoid- and osteo-arthritis. bioRxiv
Rutter-Locher Z, Kirkham BW, Bannister K, Bennett DL, Buckley CD, Taams LS*, Denk F* (2024). An interdisciplinary perspective on peripheral drivers of pain in rheumatoid arthritis. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-024-01155-z
Li Y, Gray EH, Ross R, Zebochin I, Lock A, Fedele L, Kamajaya LJ, Marrow RJ, Ryan S, Röderer P, Brüstle O, John S, Denk F*, Taams L* (2024). Blockade of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid-induced sensory neuron activation by JAK inhibitors. bioRxiv
Li Y*, Lock A*, Fedele L*, Zebochin I, Sabate A, Siddle M, Cainarca S, Röderer P, Montag K, Tarroni P, Brüstle O, Shaw T, Taams L, Denk F (2024). Modelling inflammation-induced peripheral sensitization in a dish – more complex than expected? bioRxiv
Sandy-Hindmarch OP, Chang PS, Scheuren PS, De Schoenmacker I, Hubli M, Loizou C, Wirth S, Mahadevan D, Wiberg A, Furniss D, Denk F, Baskozos G, Schmid A (2023). The Molecular Signature of Neuropathic Pain in a Human Model System. medRxiv 2024.01.04.23299847
Hore Z, Royds J, Abuukar Abdullahi R, Lampa J, Al-Kaisy A, Denk F (2023). Cerebrospinal fluid immune cells appear similar across neuropathic and non-neuropathic pain conditions. Wellcome Open Res 2023, 8:493. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20153.1
Rutter-Locher Z, Norton S, Denk F, McMahon SB, Taams LS, Bannister K, Kirkham B (2023). A randomised controlled trial of the effect of intra-articular lidocaine on pain scores in inflammatory arthritis. Pain. 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003291
Soliman N, Denk F (2023). Practical approaches to improving translatability and reproducibility in preclinical pain research. Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity 115 (38-42). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159123002878
Bell AM, Utting C, Dickie AC, Kucharczyk MW, Quillet R, Gutierrez-Mecinas M, Razlan AMN, Cooper AH, Lan Y, Hachisuka J, Weir GA, Bannister K, Watanabe M, Kania A, Hoon MA, Macaulay IC, Denk F, Todd AJ (2023). Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons. PNAS, 121 (23) e2314213121. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314213121
Choi D, Goodwin G, Stevens EB, Soliman N, Namer B, Denk F (2023). Spontaneous activity in peripheral sensory nerves – a systematic review. Pain, Nov 22. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37991272/
Ingram SL, Chisholm K, Wang F, De Koninck Y, Denk F, Goodwin G (2023). Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity using in vivo calcium imaging. Pain, Nov 23. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38112748/
Jager SE, Goodwin G, Chisholm K, Denk F (2023). In vivo calcium imaging shows that satellite glial cells have increased activity in painful states. Brain Communications, fcae013. https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/braincomms/fcae013/7577739
Cobo M, Green G, Andritsou F, Baxter L, Evans Fry R, Grabbe A, Gursul D, Hoskin A, Schmidt Mellado G, van der Vaart M, Adams E, Bhatt A, Denk F, Hartley C, Slater R (2022). Early life inflammation is associated with spinal cord excitability and nociceptive sensitivity in human infants. Nat Comms 13(1),3943. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31505-y
Denk F (2022). Remembering Stephen McMahon, a great electrophysiologist, innovator and mentor. Nat Neurosci 25, 129–130 (2022). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00987-2
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers. Comms Biol 5(971). https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03958-w
Jager SE, Pallesen, LT, Lin L, Izzi F, Pinheiro AM, Villa-Hernandez S, Cesare P, Vaegter CB, Denk F (2022). Comparative transcriptional analysis of satellite glial cell injury response. Wellcome Open Res, 7:156. https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-156
Denk F (2021). TRPC5 and the path towards analgesic drug development. Trends in Neurosciences, Jul 14. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223621001223?dgcid=author
Hore Z, Villa S, Denk F (2021). Probing the peripheral immune response in mouse models of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy highlights their limited translatability. Wellcome Open Res, 6:68. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16635.2
Shinotsuka N, Denk F (2021). Fibroblasts – the neglected cell type in peripheral sensitization and chronic pain? A review based on a systematic search of the literature. BMJ Open Science, 6:e100235. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35128075/
Goodwin G, McMurray S, Stevens EB, Denk F, McMahon SB (2021). Examination of the contribution of Nav1.7 to axonal propagation in nociceptors. Pain, 163(7):e869-e881. https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/2022/07000/Examination_of_the_contribution_of_Nav1_7_to.25.aspx
Liang Z*, Hore Z*, Harley P, Uchenna Stanley F, Michrowska A, Dahiya M, La Russa F, Jager SE, Villa-Hernandez S, Denk F (2020). A transcriptional toolbox for exploring peripheral neuro-immune interactions. Pain, 161(9), 2089-2106. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001914
Chakrabarti S, Hore Z, Pattison LA, Lalnunhlimi S, Bhebhe CN , Callejo G, Bulmer DC, Taams LS, Denk F, St John Smith E (2020). Sensitization of Knee-Innervating Sensory Neurons by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Activated Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes: An in Vitro, Co-Culture Model of Inflammatory Pain. Pain, 161(9): 2129–2141. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7431145/
Jager SE, Pallesen LT, Richner M, Harley P, Hore Z, McMahon S, Denk F*, Vaegter CB (2020). Changes in the transcriptional fingerprint of satellite glial cells following peripheral nerve injury. Glia, 68(7), 1375-1395. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/glia.23785
Crow M, Denk F (2019). RNA-seq data in pain research-an illustrated guide. Pain 160(7), 1502-1504. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31219951
Hore Z, Denk F (2019). Neuroimmune interactions in chronic pain – An interdisciplinary perspective. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 79, 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.033
Holland SD, Ramer LM, McMahon SB, Denk F, Ramer MS (2019). An ATF3-CreERT2 Knock-In Mouse for Axotomy-Induced Genetic Editing: Proof of Principle. eNeuro 6(2). http://www.eneuro.org/content/6/2/ENEURO.0025-19.2019
Saunders J*, Hore Z*, Gentry C, McMahon S, Denk F (2018). Negative Evidence for a Functional Role of Neuronal DNMT3a in Persistent Pain. Front Mol Neurosci, 11:332. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00332/full
Fernandez-Zafra T, Gao T, Jurczak A, Sandor K, Hore Z, Agalave NM, Su J, Estelius J, Lampa J, Hokfelt T, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z, Xu X, Denk F*, Svensson CI* (2018). Exploring the transcriptome of resident spinal microglia after collagen antibody-induced arthritis. Pain 160(1):224–236. https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/2019/01000/Exploring_the_transcriptome_of_resident_spinal.23.aspx
Hunter DV, Smaila BD, Lopes DM, Takatoh J, Denk F, Ramer MS (2018). Advillin Is Expressed in All Adult Neural Crest-Derived Neurons. eNeuro 5(5). http://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2018/09/10/ENEURO.0077-18.2018
Tsantoulas C, Denk F, Signore M, Nassar MA, Futai K, McMahon SB (2018). Mice lacking Kcns1 in peripheral neurons show increased basal and neuropathic pain sensitivity. Pain 159(8):1641-1651. https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/2018/08000/Mice_lacking_Kcns1_in_peripheral_neurons_show.22.aspx
Lopes DM*, Malek N*, Edye M, Jager SB, McMurray S, McMahon SB, Denk F (2017). Sex differences in peripheral not central immune responses to pain-inducing injury. Scientific Reports 28;7(1):16460. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5705679/
Lai MC, Bechy AL, Denk F, Collins E, Gavriliouk M, Zaugg JB, Ryan BJ, Wade-Martins R, Caffrey TM (2017). Haplotype-specific MAPT exon 3 expression regulated by common intronic polymorphisms associated with Parkinsonian disorders. Mol Neurodegeneration 12(1):79. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663040/
Lopes D*, Denk F*, McMahon SB (2017). The Molecular Fingerprint of Dorsal Root and Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 10:304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00304
Lunn TH, Dawes JM, Denk F, Bennett DL, Husted H, Kehlet H, McMahon SB (2017). Preoperative ultraviolet B inflammation in skin: Modelling individual differences in acute postoperative pain and neuro-immune interactions. Eur J Pain 22(1):170-180. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913854
Denk F, Bennett DL, McMahon SB (2017). Nerve Growth Factor and Pain Mechanisms. Annu Rev Neurosci 40:307-325. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28441116
Vargas-Caballero M*, Denk F*, Wobst HJ*, Arch E, Pegasiou CM, Oliver PL, Shipton OA, Paulsen O, Wade-Martins R (2017). Wild-Type, but Not Mutant N296H, Human Tau Restores Aβ-Mediated Inhibition of LTP in Tau−/− mice. Front Neurosci 11:201. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00201/full
Lopes DM, Denk F, Chisholm KI, Suddason T, Durrieux C, Thakur M, Gentry C, McMahon SB (2017). Peripheral inflammatory pain sensitisation is independent of mast cell activation in male mice. Pain 158(7):1314-1322. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28394852
Denk F (2017). Don't let useful data go to waste. Nature 543(7643):7. http://www.nature.com/news/don-t-let-useful-data-go-to-waste-1.21555
Denk F, McMahon SB (2017). Neurobiological basis for pain vulnerability: why me? Pain, 158 Suppl 1:S108-S114. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28129218
Wobst HJ*, Denk F*, Oliver PL, Livieratos A, Taylor TN, Knudsen MH, Bengoa-Vergniory N, Bannerman D, Wade-Martins R (2017). Increased 4R tau expression and behavioural changes in a novel MAPT-N296H genomic mouse model of tauopathy. Sci Rep 7:43198. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324134/
Denk F, Crow M, Didangelos A, Lopes DM, McMahon SB. Persistent alterations in microglial enhancers in a model of chronic pain (2016). Cell Reports 15, 1-11. http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(16)30507-1.pdf
Denk F, Ramer L, Erskine EL, Nassar MA, Bogdanov Y, Signore M, Wood JN, McMahon SB, Ramer MS (2015). Tamoxifen induces cellular stress in the nervous system by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis. Acta Neuropathol Commun 3(1): 74. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660723/
Crow M, Khovanov N, Kelleher J, Sharma S, Grant A, Bogdanov Y, Wood JN, McMahon SB, Denk F (2015). HDAC4 is required for inflammation-associated thermal hypersensitivity. FASEB 29(8): 3370-3378. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511203/
Thakur M, Crow M, Burden N, Davey G, Levine E, Kelleher JH, Agley C, Denk F, Harridge S, McMahon SB (2014). Defining the nociceptor transcriptome. Front Mol Neurosci 7: 87. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00087/full
Denk F, McMahon SB, Tracey I (2014). Pain vulnerability: a neurobiological perspective. Nat Neurosci 17(2): 192-200. http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v17/n2/abs/nn.3628.html
Denk F, Huang W, Sidders B, Bithell A, Crow M, Grist J, Sharma S, Ziemek D, Rice AS, Buckley NJ, McMahon SB (2013). HDAC inhibitors attentuate the development of hypersensitivity in models of neuropathic pain. Pain 154(9): 1668-79. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763368/
Crow M, Denk F, McMahon SB (2013). Genes and epigenetic processes as prospective pain targets. Genome Med 5(2): 12. https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gm416
Denk F, McMahon SB (2012). Chronic pain: emerging evidence for the involvement of epigenetics. Neuron 73(3): 435-44. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627312000943
Shipton OA, Leitz JR, Dworzak J, Acton CE, Tunbridge EM, Denk F, Dawson HN, Vitek MP, Wade-Martins R, Paulsen O, Vargas-Caballero M (2010). Tau protein is required for amyloidβ-induced impairment of hippocampal long-term potentiation. J Neurosci 31(5): 1688-92. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836238/
Denk F, Wade-Martins R (2009). Knock-out and transgenic mouse models of tauopathies. Neurobiol Aging 30(1): 1-13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806682/
Boothman L, Raley J, Denk F, Hirani E, Sharp T (2006). In vivo evidence that 5-HT(2C) receptors inhibit 5-HT neuronal activity via a GABAergic mechanism. Br J Pharmacol 149(7): 861-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014685/
Denk F, Walton ME, Jennings KA, Sharp T, Rushworth MF, Bannerman DM (2005). Differential involvement of serotonin and dopamine systems in cost-benefit decisions about delay or effort. Psychopharmacology 179(3): 587-96. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15864561