Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD

Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pain and Neural Sciences
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
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Research interests
Ion chanels in nociceptors
Transient receptor potential channels
Molecular mechanisms of tooth pain
Peripheral mechanisms of craniofacial muscle pain
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Research approaches
Electrophysiology
cellular physiology
molecular biology
biochemistry
mouse genetics
ORCID ID: mchung
Lab or individual page
https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/neuralpain/faculty-and-staff/dr-chung/
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.