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Xuming Zhang1, Mitali Malhotra1
1School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Abstract:
Mutual interaction between the nervous and immune systems underpins many pathophysiological processes. Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) channels are abundantly expressed in both systems, acting as a critical interface of neuroimmune interaction. TRPM2 channels in immune cells participate in innate immunity and immune inflammation by acting as an oxidative stress and metabolic sensor. TRPM2 in neurons functions not only as an oxidative sensor but also a temperature sensor and a pain transducer critical to neuronal death, temperature sensing, thermoregulation, and chronic pain. Cooperation between immune and neuronal TRPM2 influences the outcome of neuroimmune interaction and many diseases such as infection, inflammation, ischemic stroke, pain, and neurodegenerative diseases. Improved understanding of neuronal and immune TRPM2 interaction is essential for therapeutic interventions for the treatment of diseases mediated by TRPM2 channels.
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