The Innate Immune System Senses Psychological Stress through the ATP/P2X7R-Inflammasome (NLRP3) Cascade

Posted on June 6, 2016 By Javier Caso Commentaries

Commentary on the study by Masaaki Iwata et al., Biological Psychiatry, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.11.026. Psychological Stress Activates the Inflammasome via Release of Adenosine Triphosphate and Stimulation of the Purinergic Type 2X7 Receptor Mental disorders are a very common condition. However, the pathophysiology of many of these disorders still remains elusive and more importantly, a very […]