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ReviewImmunity2024

Sensory neurons: An integrated component of innate immunity.

Liwen Deng, Jacob E Gillis, Isaac M Chiu, Daniel H Kaplan

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Review in Immunity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. VlPAG/DRN Microglia Drive Neuropathic Pain-Induced Depression via a Defined Neuroimmune Axis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  12. Neuroimmune interactions in cardiovascular homeostasis and disease.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2026
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  19. Maladaptive immunity to the microbiota promotes neuronal hyperinnervation and itch via IL-17A.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  20. Beyond barriers: when neurons act immune and immunity acts neural.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Liwen DengDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jacob E GillisDepartments of Dermatology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Isaac M ChiuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: isaac_chiu@hms.harvard.edu.
Daniel H KaplanDepartments of Dermatology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: Dankaplan@pitt.edu.

Funding

Assessing how ocular surface nerves, immune cells, and epithelial cells communicate to encourage neuro-immune homeostasisU01EY034711 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Daniel H Kaplan, HARINDER SINGH · 2022 to 2026
$7.5M
Immunology of Infectious DiseaseT32AI060525 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JoAnne L. Flynn · 2005 to 2026
$5.3M
Immune Functions of Cutaneous NociceptorsR01AR071720 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Daniel H Kaplan · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
Staphylococcus aureus induced itch and neuro-immune signaling in skin infectionsR01AI168005 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu, ALEXANDER R HORSWILL · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
Epidermal Nonpeptidergic Nerves Modulate Cutaneous ImmunityR01AR077341 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ALBERS, KATHRYN MARIE, KAPLAN, DANIEL H · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
Nociceptor neuron regulation of gastrointestinal barrier protection and host defenseR01DK127257 · NIDDK · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHIU, ISAAC MING-CHENG · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
NEI NIH HHS U01 EY034711NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI168005NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060525NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071720NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077341NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127257Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sensory nervous system possesses the ability to integrate exogenous threats and endogenous signals to mediate downstream effector functions. Sensory neurons have been shown to activate or suppress host defense and immunity against pathogens, depending on the tissue and disease state. Through this lens, pro- and anti-inflammatory neuroimmune effector functions can be interpreted as evolutionary adaptations by host or pathogen. Here, we discuss recent and impactful examples of neuroimmune circuitry that regulate tissue homeostasis, autoinflammation, and host defense. Apparently paradoxical or conflicting reports in the literature also highlight the complexity of neuroimmune interactions that may depend on tissue- and microbe-specific cues. These findings expand our understanding of the nuanced mechanisms and the greater context of sensory neurons in innate immunity.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateSensory Receptor CellsHomeostasisNeuroimmunomodulationbarrier immunityhost defenseinnate immunityneuroimmuneneuronssensory

Identifiers

PMID38599172
PMCPMC11555576

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