Author Response: The Signaling Lipid Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Regulates Mechanical Pain

January 2018

Rose Z. Hill, Benjamin U. Hoffman, Takeshi Morita, Stephanie M Campos, Ellen A. Lumpkin, Rachel B. Brem, Diana M. Bautista

Studysummary This study found that sphingosine 1-phosphate and its receptor S1PR3 are essential in regulating the acute mechanical pain response, highlighting their role in mechanonociception without affecting responses to innocuous touch or thermal stimuli.

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