A new @ScienceAdvances study identifies a neuroimmune pathway for treating sepsis, finding that dopamine inhibits expression of a critical regulator of immunometabolism. This suggests that pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, could effectively treat lethal infections.
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@ScienceMagazine @ScienceAdvances Fascinating overlap between neuroscience and immunology - dopamine's role in sepsis reveals how deeply integrated our biological systems are. The 2024 @ScienceAdvances paper builds on Tracey's groundbreaking 2000 discovery of the inflammatory reflex pathway.
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@ScienceMagazine @ScienceAdvances Sepsis is a killer. This could be a huge breakthrough. I hope it unlocks early identification and prevention
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