{"doi":"10.1016/j.jaci.2021.09.014","title":"IL-33 signaling in sensory neurons promotes dry skin itch","abstract":"BACKGROUND: Chronic pruritus, or itch, is common and debilitating, but the neuroimmune mechanisms that drive chronic itch are only starting to be elucidated. Recent studies demonstrate that the IL-33 receptor (IL-33R) is expressed by sensory neurons. However, whether sensory neuron-restricted activity of IL-33 is necessary for chronic itch remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine if IL-33 signaling in sensory neurons is critical for the development of chronic itch in 2 divergent pruritic disease models. METHODS: Plasma levels of IL-33 were assessed in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and chronic pruritus of unknown origin (CPUO). Mice were generated to conditionally delete IL-33R from sensory neurons. The contribution of neuronal IL-33R signaling to chronic itch development was tested in mouse models that recapitulate key pathologic features of AD and CPUO, respectively. RESULTS: IL-33 was elevated in both AD and CPUO as well as their respective mouse models. While neuron-restricted IL-33R signaling was dispensable for itch in AD-like disease, it was required for the development of dry skin itch in a mouse model that mirrors key aspects of CPUO pathology. CONCLUSIONS: These data highlight how IL-33 may be a predominant mediator of itch in certain contexts, depending on the tissue microenvironment. Further, this study provides insight into future therapeutic strategies targeting the IL-33 pathway for chronic itch.","journal":"Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology","year":2021,"id":149041,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":114,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9597,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":230322,"name":"Madison R. 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