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Nr4a1 discloses the sympathetic side of monocytes

The transcription factor Nr4a1 can negatively regulate norepinephrine production in the context of neuroinflammation and thereby prevent the ensuing neuroinflammatory cascade in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

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Figure 1: Nr4a1 links inflammation and NE-mediated stress in monocytes.

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Jordão, M., Prinz, M. Nr4a1 discloses the sympathetic side of monocytes. Nat Immunol 16, 1211–1213 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3317

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