Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A checkpoint to pain

Nature Neuroscience 20, 897 (2017). doi:10.1038/nn.4586

Authors: Michael Hirth, Jagadeesh Gandla & Rohini Kuner

The checkpoint pathway consisting of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and its receptor, PD-1, modulates immune function in cancer and infection, but unexpectedly, it also silences pain signals in nerves.



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