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TRPV1 controls innate immunity during Citrobacter rodentium enteric infection.

Michael CreminEmmy TayValerie T RamirezKaitlin MurrayRene K NicholsIngrid Brust-MascherColin Reardon
Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
Neuroimmune communications are vital in regulating the immune response to invading pathogens. Here, we show that during a gastrointestinal infection, pain-sensing neuronal fibers can modulate the immune response to recruit phagocytic neutrophils via upregulation of cell adhesion molecules on local blood endothelial cells. This research elucidates a novel impact of the pain-sensing ion channel, TRPV1, on host-pathogen interactions in the gastrointestinal tract as well as a potential methodology for modulating the immune response during enteric infections.
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