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Nadine Serhan1, Nicolas Cenac2, Lilian Basso1

  • 1Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, INSERM UMR1291, CNRS UMR5051, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.

Neuroscience Letters
|February 18, 2021
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ItchMas-related G protein-coupled receptorsMast cellMrgprB2MrgprDNociceptorsPain

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