Nociceptor Sensory Neuron-Immune Interactions in Pain and Inflammation

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• 作者：Felipe A. Pinho-Ribeiro¹ ; ² ; Waldiceu A. Verri Jr.² ; Isaac M. Chiu¹ ; ^{isaac_chiu@hms.harvard.edu}
• 关键词：neuroimmunology ; pain ; sensory neuron ; nociceptor ; inflammation
• 刊名：Trends in Immunology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：38
• 期：1
• 页码：5-19
• 全文大小：3269 K
• 卷排序：38

文摘

Nociceptor sensory neurons protect organisms from danger by eliciting pain and driving avoidance. Pain also accompanies many types of inflammation and injury. It is increasingly clear that active crosstalk occurs between nociceptor neurons and the immune system to regulate pain, host defense, and inflammatory diseases. Immune cells at peripheral nerve terminals and within the spinal cord release mediators that modulate mechanical and thermal sensitivity. In turn, nociceptor neurons release neuropeptides and neurotransmitters from nerve terminals that regulate vascular, innate, and adaptive immune cell responses. Therefore, the dialog between nociceptor neurons and the immune system is a fundamental aspect of inflammation, both acute and chronic. A better understanding of these interactions could produce approaches to treat chronic pain and inflammatory diseases.