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- •We present the molecular response in dorsal spinal cord to peripheral inflammation.
- •Identify ALK as an induced neuronal tyrosine kinase receptor in dynorphinergic neurons.
- •Distinguish interferon immune responses from afferent driven complement increase.
- •Identify targetable analgesic signaling molecules induced by peripheral injury.
- •Articulate application of RNA-Seq to analgesic drug discovery.
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DISCLOSURES: This work was supported by the Intramural Reseach Programs of the Clinical Center, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institutes of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health. This work was also supported by funds from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (1ZIAAT000017-03), and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. TG was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellowship. Funding for two research fellows (J.J.K. and F.A.V.), was made possible through the NIH Medical Research Scholars Program, a public-private partnership supported jointly by the NIH and contributions to the Foundation for the NIH from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF Grant #2014194), the American Association for Dental Research, the Colgate-Palmolive Company, Genentech, Elsevier, and other private donors.