Bringing on the itch

Elife. 2019 Nov 29:8:e52931. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52931.

Authors

Daniel A Waizman¹, Sourav Ghosh², Carla V Rothlin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States.
² Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States.

Abstract

Neutrophils are the first immune cells that enter the skin and cause itch in atopic dermatitis.

Keywords: atopic dermatitis; chronic itch; immunology; inflammation; itch; mouse; neuroimmune; neuroscience; neutrophils; somatosensory.

© 2019, Waizman et al.

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MeSH terms

Dermatitis, Atopic*
Humans
Pruritus*
Skin

Grants and funding

R01 CA212376/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States