Abstract
Cytokines are proteins secreted by diverse types of immune and non-immune cells and play a role in the communication between the immune and nervous systems. Cytokines include lymphokines, monokines, chemokines, interleukins, interferons, colony stimulating factors, and growth factors. They can be both pro- and anti-inflammatory and have autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine activities. These proteins are involved in initiation and persistence of pain, and the progress of hyperalgesia and allodynia, upon stimulating nociceptive sensory neurons, and inducing central sensitization. The objective of this review is to discuss several types of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators and their relation with inflammatory pain in masticatory muscles.
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Ayoub, S., Berbéri, A. & Fayyad-Kazan, M. Cytokines, Masticatory Muscle Inflammation, and Pain: an Update. J Mol Neurosci 70, 790–795 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-020-01491-1
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