The pharmacology of itch

Br J Pharmacol. 2019 Dec;176(23):4419-4420. doi: 10.1111/bph.14865. Epub 2019 Oct 14.

Abstract

The article has been co-published with permission in British Journal of Dermatology and British Journal of Pharmacology. The articles are identical except for minor stylistic and spelling differences in keeping with each journal's style. Either citation can be used when citing this article.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Antipruritics / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Pruritus / drug therapy*
  • Pruritus / metabolism
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / metabolism
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism
  • Receptors, Neurokinin-1 / metabolism
  • Substance P / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Substance P / metabolism

Substances

  • Antipruritics
  • GPBAR1 protein, human
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Receptors, Neurokinin-1
  • TACR1 protein, human
  • farnesoid X-activated receptor
  • Substance P