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    Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells

    Empirical and anecdotal evidence has associated stress with accelerated hair greying (formation of unpigmented hairs)1,2, but so far there has been little scientific validation of this link. Here we report that, ...

    Bing Zhang, Sai Ma, Inbal Rachmin, Megan He, Pankaj Baral, Sekyu Choi in Nature (2020)

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    Staphylococcus aureus produces pain through pore-forming toxins and neuronal TRPV1 that is silenced by QX-314

    The hallmark of many bacterial infections is pain. The underlying mechanisms of pain during live pathogen invasion are not well understood. Here, we elucidate key molecular mechanisms of pain produced during l...

    Kimbria J. Blake, Pankaj Baral, Tiphaine Voisin, Ashira Lubkin in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Erratum: The neuropeptide NMU amplifies ILC2-driven allergic lung inflammation

    Nature 549, 351–356 (2017); doi:10.1038/nature24029 Owing to a technical error, author Pankaj Baral was listed incorrectly as a corresponding author instead of author Patrick R. Burkett in the HTML version of ...

    Antonia Wallrapp, Samantha J. Riesenfeld, Patrick R. Burkett in Nature (2017)

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    The neuropeptide NMU amplifies ILC2-driven allergic lung inflammation

    Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) both contribute to mucosal homeostasis and initiate pathologic inflammation in allergic asthma. However, the signals that direct ILC2s to promote homeostasis versus inflamm...

    Antonia Wallrapp, Samantha J. Riesenfeld, Patrick R. Burkett in Nature (2017)