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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

CGRP: the immune system's double agent - context-dependent roles in inflammation, resolution and cancer.

Mushref Bakri Assas

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mushref Bakri AssasFaculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Immunology Group, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is traditionally recognized as a key mediator of nociception and vasodilation. However, it also functions as a context-dependent immune "double agent," capable of both restraining inflammation and driving pathological responses. Here we discuss CGRP multifaceted roles in innate and adaptive immunity, inflammation, resolution, infection, autoimmunity, and cancer. In the innate immune response, CGRP predominantly exerts anti-inflammatory and tolerogenic effects on macrophages, mast cells, neutrophils, ILC2s, and NK cells, yet can promote pro-inflammatory signalling in acute high-DAMP (damage associated molecular patterns) settings. In adaptive immunity, it generally suppresses Th1 responses and induces CD8

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Calcitonin Gene-Related PeptideInflammationNeoplasmsAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentCalcitonin Gene-Related PeptideautoimmunitycancerCGRP - calcitonin gene-related peptidemigraineneuroimmunologytumour

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PMID42488654
PMCPMC13388098

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