Vagal afferent innervation of the airways in health and disease

SB Mazzone, BJ Undem - Physiological reviews, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Vagal sensory neurons constitute the major afferent supply to the airways and lungs.
Subsets of afferents are defined by their embryological origin, molecular profile …

Adverse effects of cigarette and noncigarette smoke exposure on the autonomic nervous system: mechanisms and implications for cardiovascular risk

HR Middlekauff, J Park, RS Moheimani - Journal of the American College of …, 2014 - jacc.org
This review summarizes the detrimental effects of cigarette and noncigarette emission
exposure on autonomic function, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of acute and …

Silencing nociceptor neurons reduces allergic airway inflammation

S Talbot, REE Abdulnour, PR Burkett, S Lee… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Lung nociceptors initiate cough and bronchoconstriction. To elucidate if these fibers also
contribute to allergic airway inflammation, we stimulated lung nociceptors with capsaicin and …

Neuroimmunity: physiology and pathology

S Talbot, SL Foster, CJ Woolf - Annual review of immunology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Evolution has yielded multiple complex and complementary mechanisms to detect
environmental danger and protect tissues from damage. The nervous system rapidly …

Airway smooth muscle in airway reactivity and remodeling: what have we learned?

YS Prakash - American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
It is now established that airway smooth muscle (ASM) has roles in determining airway
structure and function, well beyond that as the major contractile element. Indeed, changes in …

A review on the role of TRP channels and their potential as drug targets_an insight into the TRP channel drug discovery methodologies

HP Fallah, E Ahuja, H Lin, J Qi, Q He, S Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins are a large group of ion channels that control
many physiological functions in our body. These channels are considered potential …

[HTML][HTML] Capsaicin-evoked cough responses in asthmatic patients: evidence for airway neuronal dysfunction

I Satia, N Tsamandouras, K Holt, H Badri… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cough in asthmatic patients is a common and troublesome symptom. It is
generally assumed coughing occurs as a consequence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness …

Transcriptional profiling of individual airway projecting vagal sensory neurons

SB Mazzone, L Tian, AAK Moe, MW Trewella… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Bronchopulmonary sensory neurons are derived from the vagal sensory ganglia and are
essential for monitoring the physical and chemical environment of the airways and lungs …

Inhibition of leptin regulation of parasympathetic signaling as a cause of extreme body weight-associated asthma

E Arteaga-Solis, T Zee, CW Emala, C Vinson, J Wess… - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
Impaired lung function caused by decreased airway diameter (bronchoconstriction) is
frequently observed whether body weight is abnormally high or low. That these opposite …

Sense and immunity: context-dependent neuro-immune interplay

SL Foster, CR Seehus, CJ Woolf, S Talbot - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The sensory nervous and immune systems, historically considered autonomous, actually
work in concert to promote host defense and tissue homeostasis. These systems interact …