Omar Abdel Samad

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(11), Ion channel regulation and function(5), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation(4), Nerve injury and regeneration(4), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(3)

Publications26 total

Case Report: Understanding Malignant Coronary Artery Anomalies
Journal of Critical Care & Emergency Medicine·2025Open Access
Unusual differential diagnoses for unilateral lower limb swelling: a case of arteriovenous malformation and deep vein thrombosis
Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine·2025Open Access
174. Prolonged B-Cell Depletion Post-Rituximab in a Patient with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMO-SD): A Case Report with Literature Review
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders·2024
Nav1.5 in astrocytes plays a sex‐specific role in clinical outcomes in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
Glia·2018· 12 cited
Virus-Mediated Knockdown of Nav1.3 in Dorsal Root Ganglia of STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats Alleviates Tactile Allodynia
Molecular Medicine·2015· 73 citedOpen Access
Voltage‐gated sodium channel Na<sub>v</sub>1.5 contributes to astrogliosis in an <i>in vitro</i> model of glial injury via reverse Na<sup>+</sup>/Ca<sup>2+</sup> exchange
Glia·2014· 78 citedOpen Access
Genetic Control of the Segregation of Pain-Related Sensory Neurons Innervating the Cutaneous versus Deep Tissues
Cell Reports·2013· 45 citedOpen Access
Burn injury-induced mechanical allodynia is maintained by Rac1-regulated dendritic spine dysgenesis
Experimental Neurology·2013· 37 cited
Virus-mediated shRNA Knockdown of Nav1.3 in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Attenuates Nerve Injury-induced Neuropathic Pain
Molecular Therapy·2012· 107 citedOpen Access
Maladaptive Dendritic Spine Remodeling Contributes to Diabetic Neuropathic Pain
Journal of Neuroscience·2012· 113 citedOpen Access
Regulation of the Na,K-ATPase Gamma-Subunit FXYD2 by Runx1 and Ret Signaling in Normal and Injured Non-Peptidergic Nociceptive Sensory Neurons
PLoS ONE·2012· 20 citedOpen Access
Phenotypic Switching of Nonpeptidergic Cutaneous Sensory Neurons following Peripheral Nerve Injury
PLoS ONE·2011· 39 citedOpen Access
The BMP Coreceptor RGMb Promotes While the Endogenous BMP Antagonist Noggin Reduces Neurite Outgrowth and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration by Modulating BMP Signaling
Journal of Neuroscience·2011· 74 citedOpen Access
VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch
Neuron·2010· 257 citedOpen Access
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Characterization of Two Runx1-Dependent Nociceptor Differentiation Programs Necessary for Inflammatory versus Neuropathic Pain
Molecular Pain·2010· 43 citedOpen Access
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2010
JNK-Induced MCP-1 Production in Spinal Cord Astrocytes Contributes to Central Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain
Journal of Neuroscience·2009· 552 citedOpen Access
An ultraconserved Hox–Pbx responsive element resides in the coding sequence of Hoxa2 and is active in rhombomere 4
Nucleic Acids Research·2008· 68 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Qiufu Ma(8), Stephen G. Waxman(6), Yang Liu(4), Andrew M. Tan(4), Filippo M. Rijli(3), Fu‐Chia Yang(3), Zinah Dehnah(3), Yang Liu(3), Fu-Chia Yang(3), Ina Kramer(3), Silvia Arber(3), Qiufu(3), Ling Zhang(2), Ru‐Rong Ji(2), Clifford J. Woolf(2), Alexandre Pattyn(2), Johan Ericson(2), Leping Cheng(2), Yi Xu(2), Rumiko Mizuguchi(2)