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2025 Jan 08


Cell Host Microbe


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Bugs take the sting out.

Authors

Liu AJ, Lynch JB

Abstract

Jiang et al. investigate the role of the microbiota in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic pain condition resulting from varicella-zoster virus reactivation. They identify microbiome alterations in PHN patients, linking microbes and pain sensitivity. The researchers identify butyrate-producing Roseburia intestinalis as a mediator of pain sensitivity along the “gut-brain axis.”