Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD
Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pain and Neural Sciences
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research interests
Ion chanels in nociceptors
Transient receptor potential channels
Molecular mechanisms of tooth pain
Peripheral mechanisms of craniofacial muscle pain
Research approaches
Electrophysiology
cellular physiology
molecular biology
biochemistry
mouse genetics
ORCID ID: mchung
Publications
- Chung M.K., Lee J., Joseph J., Saloman J.L., Ro J.Y. : Peripheral Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor activation leads to muscle mechanical hyperalgesia through TRPV1 phosphorylation in the rat. J Pain, 16:67-76, 2015.
- Joseph J., Wang S., Lee J. Ro J.Y., Chung M.K.* : Carboxy terminal domain of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 contains distinct segments differentially involved in capsaicin- and heat-induced desensitization. J Biol Chem, 288:35690-35702, 2013.
- Wang S., Joseph J., Ro J.Y. Chung M.K. *: Modality-specific mechanisms of PKC-induced hypersensitivity of TRPV1: S800 is a polymodal sensitization site. Pain 1156:931-941, 2015.
- Wang S., Lee J., Ro J.Y., Chung M.K. : Warmth suppresses and desensitizes damage-sensing ion channel TRPA1, Mol Pain, 8:22, 2012.
- Chung M.K., Lee J., Duraes G., Ro J.Y.: Lipopolysaccharide-induced pulpitis up-regulates TRPV1 in trigeminal ganglia, J Dent Res, 90: 1103-1107, 2011.