| Literature DB >> 27281567 |
Pankaj Baral1, Kimbria Mills1, Felipe A Pinho-Ribeiro1, Isaac M Chiu2.
Abstract
Pain and itch are unpleasant sensations accompanying many microbial infections. Recent studies demonstrate that pain- and itch-mediating somatosensory neurons are able to directly detect pathogens, triggering neuronal activation and subsequent regulation of immune responses. We discuss whether pain and/or itch during infection is beneficial or harmful to host antimicrobial defense.Entities:
Keywords: host defense; itch; neuroimmunology; pain
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27281567 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.05.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023