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TNF-alpha receptors simultaneously activate Ca2+ mobilisation and stress kinases in cultured sensory neurones.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Jan 2002
Pollock J, McFarlane S M, Connell M C, Zehavi U, Vandenabeele P, MacEwan D J, Scott R H
Abstract excerpt
The cytokine tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) has been implicated in autoimmune diseases and may play an indirect role in activation of pain pathways. In this study we have investigated the possibility that TNF directly activates cultured neonatal rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones and provides a signalling pathway from cells in the immune system such as macrophages to sensory neurones. Expression of TNF...
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