1. Review: Apelin in disease
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2. Vascular endothelial growth factor expression and their action in the synovial membranes of patients with painful knee osteoarthritis
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3. Targeting drugs to APJ receptor: From signaling to pathophysiological effects
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4. Role of receptor-interacting protein 1/receptor-interacting protein 3 in inflammation and necrosis following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve
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5. Small RNA-Seq reveals novel miRNAs shaping the transcriptomic identity of rat brain structures
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6. Apelin as a nociceptive processes regulator
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7. The Apelin/APJ System in Psychosis and Neuropathy
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8. Intrathecally Administered Apelin-13 Alleviated Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-Induced Inflammatory Pain in Mice
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9. Neuroprotective gain of Apelin/APJ system
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10. Physiological Changes and Pathological Pain Associated with Sedentary Lifestyle-Induced Body Systems Fat Accumulation and Their Modulation by Physical Exercise
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11. Apelin-13 attenuates early brain injury through inhibiting inflammation and apoptosis in rats after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
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12. Adipocytokines: Emerging therapeutic targets for pain management
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13. APJ/apelin: a promising target for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity
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14. The beneficial roles of apelin-13/APJ system in cerebral ischemia: Pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies
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15. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation increases the expression of apelin and apelin receptor in uterus
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16. The apelin/APJ signaling system and cytoprotection: Role of its cross-talk with kappa opioid receptor
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17. Apelin/APJ system: an emerging therapeutic target for neurological diseases
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18. Distribution, Function, and Expression of the Apelinergic System in the Healthy and Diseased Mammalian Brain
    Martin N. Ivanov et al, 2022, Genes CrossRef
19. Apelin signalling in the periaqueductal grey matter alleviates capsaicin‐evoked pulpal nocifensive behaviour and capsaicin‐induced spatial learning and memory impairments in rat
    Amir Hossein Soleimani et al, 2023, Int Endodontic J CrossRef
20. Intranasal delivery of siRNA targeting NR2B attenuates cancer-associated neuropathic pain
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21. Advances in the therapeutic potentials of ligands of the apelin receptor APJ
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