• Neural innervation stimulates splenic TFF2 to arrest myeloid cell expansion and cancer. 

      Dubeykovskaya, Z; Si, Y; Chen, X; Worthley, DL; Renz, BW; Urbanska, AM; Hayakawa, Y; Xu, T; Westphalen, CB; Dubeykovskiy, A; Chen, Duan; Friedman, RA; Asfaha, S; Nagar, S; Tailor, Y; Muthupalani, S; Fox, JG; Kitajewski, J; Wang, Timothy C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) expand in the spleen during cancer and promote progression through suppression of cytotoxic T cells. An anti-inflammatory reflex arc involving the vagus nerve and ...
    • Vagotomy and Gastric Tumorigenesis 

      Rabben, Hanne-Line; Zhao, Chun-Mei; Hayakawa, Yoku; Wang, Timothy C.; Chen, Duan (Journal article, 2016)
      Vagotomy reduces gastric acid secretion and was therefore introduced as a surgical treatment for peptic ulcers in the 1970s. Later, it was replaced by acid reducing medication, such as histamine type 2 (H2) receptor ...