@article {1480798,
	title = {Pain and Itch: Beneficial or Harmful to Antimicrobial Defense?},
	journal = {Cell Host Microbe},
	volume = {19},
	number = {6},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 Jun 08},
	pages = {755-9},
	abstract = {Pain and itch are unpleasant sensations accompanying many microbial infections. Recent studies demonstrate that pain- and itch-mediating somatosensory neurons are able to directly detect pathogens, triggering neuronal activation and subsequent regulation of immune responses. We discuss whether pain and/or itch during infection is beneficial or harmful to host antimicrobial defense.},
	keywords = {Adaptive Immunity, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Infections, Neural Pathways, Neuroimmunomodulation, Pain, Pruritus, Sensory Receptor Cells},
	issn = {1934-6069},
	doi = {10.1016/j.chom.2016.05.010},
	author = {Baral, Pankaj and Mills, Kimbria and Pinho-Ribeiro, Felipe A and Chiu, Isaac M}
}
