Research ArticleSensory Perception
The Distinct Roles of Two GPCRs, MrgprC11 and PAR2, in Itch and Hyperalgesia
- Qin Liu1,*,
- Hao-Jui Weng1,*,
- Kush N. Patel1,*,
- Zongxiang Tang1,2,
- Haihua Bai1,3,
- Martin Steinhoff4,5, and
- Xinzhong Dong1,6,†
- 1Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- 2Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210046, China.
- 3Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, School of Life Science, 22 Huolinhe Street, Tongliao City 028043, China.
- 4Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 5Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 6Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- ↵†To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: xdong2{at}jhmi.edu
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Science Signaling 12 Jul 2011:
Vol. 4, Issue 181, pp. ra45
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2001925
