Nicotine attenuates activation of tissue resident macrophages in the mouse stomach through the β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

<h4>Background</h4>The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway is an endogenous mechanism by which the autonomic nervous system attenuates macrophage activation via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). This concept has however not been demonstrated at a cellular level in intact tissu...

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Main Authors: Andrea Nemethova, Klaus Michel, Pedro J Gomez-Pinilla, Guy E Boeckxstaens, Michael Schemann
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/27e8df46de444536889f055ec4bf76f5
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