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Submit Manuscript Volume 33, No 5, May 2023
ISSN: 1001-0602
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018
impact factor 17.848*
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)
Volume 33 Issue 5, May 2023: 339-340
How pain sensors make the gut weep
Nathalie Stakenborg , Yaping Xue , Guy Boeckxstaens*
Center of Intestinal Neuro-immune interaction, Translational Research Center for GI Disorders (TARGID), Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumNociceptors in the gut are widely known for transmitting pain signals to the spinal cord. Yang et al. now identified a novel microbiome-nociceptor-goblet cell crosstalk that protects the intestinal epithelial barrier by triggering mucus secretion.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00768-x