Rare Diseases Report 2022

The broad and challenging – but promising – landscape of peripheral neuropathy


 

65. Fields JA et al. Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate induces peripheral neuropathy and alters inflammation and mitochondrial biogenesis in the brains of mice. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 20;9(1):17158. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53466-x.

66. Han MM et al. Prevention of HIV-1 TAT protein-induced peripheral neuropathy and mitochondrial disruption by the antimuscarinic pirenzepine. Front Neurol. 2021 Jun 15;12:663373. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.663373.

67. Rozzi SJ et al. Human immunodeficiency virus Tat impairs mitochondrial fission in neurons. Cell Death Discov. 2018;4:8. doi: 10.1038/s41420-017-0013-6.

68. Pasnoor M et al. Cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy. Neurol Clin. 2013 May;31(2):463-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2013.01.008.

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