| Literature DB >> 26120961 |
Robert E Sorge1, Josiane C S Mapplebeck2, Sarah Rosen3, Simon Beggs4, Sarah Taves5, Jessica K Alexander4, Loren J Martin3, Jean-Sebastien Austin3, Susana G Sotocinal3, Di Chen3, Mu Yang6, Xiang Qun Shi6, Hao Huang6, Nicolas J Pillon7, Philip J Bilan7, YuShan Tu8, Amira Klip7, Ru-Rong Ji5, Ji Zhang9, Michael W Salter4, Jeffrey S Mogil10.
Abstract
A large and rapidly increasing body of evidence indicates that microglia-to-neuron signaling is essential for chronic pain hypersensitivity. Using multiple approaches, we found that microglia are not required for mechanical pain hypersensitivity in female mice; female mice achieved similar levels of pain hypersensitivity using adaptive immune cells, likely T lymphocytes. This sexual dimorphism suggests that male mice cannot be used as proxies for females in pain research.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26120961 PMCID: PMC4772157 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4053
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884