Appendix 1. The Result of Searching and Classification.

Title authors Journal Publication Year Reference number
classification according to the passage of time (acute, chronic)
acute itching
The cell biology of acute itch Green D,Dong X J Cell Biol 2016 6
chronic itching : TRP channel and astrocyte in spinal dorsal horn
The role of trpa1 in skin physiology and pathology Maglie R,Araujo D,Antiga E,Geppetti P,Nassini R,Logu F, et al International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021 9
Inflammatory mediators causing cutaneous chronic itch in some diseases via transient receptor potential channel subfamily V member 1 and subfamily A member 1 Xie BLi X J Dermatol 2019 10
Involvement of Neural Transient Receptor Potential Channels in Peripheral Inflammation Silverman H,Chen A,Kravatz N,Chavan,Sangeeta S,Chang E, et al Front Immunol 2020 11
Spinal dorsal horn astrocytes: New players in chronic itch Tsuda M. Allergol Int 2017 12
Role of reactive astrocytes in the spinal dorsal horn under chronic itch conditions Shiratori H,Tsuda M Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 2020 13
classification according to the immune factors involved (inflammatory, non-inflammatory)
Pruritus as a distinctive feature of type 2 inflammation Garcovich S,Maurelli M,Gisondi P,Peris K,Yosipovitch G,Girolomoni G, et al Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 2021 14
Sensory Neurons Co-opt Classical Immune Signaling Pathways to Mediate Chronic Itch Oetjen LK,Mack MR,Feng J,Whelan T,Niu H,Guo C et al Cell 2017 15
The Cytokine TGF-β Induces Interleukin-31 Expression from Dermal Dendritic Cells to Activate Sensory Neurons and Stimulate Wound Itching Xu J,Zanvit P,Hu L,Tseng P,Liu N,Wang F, et al. Immunity 2020 16
classification according to the neurophysiological mechanism(pruritoceptive itching, neuropathic itching, neurogenic itching and psychogenic itching)
histamine and neurophysiological mechanism
The Return of the Mast Cell: New Roles in Neuroimmune Itch Biology Wang F,Yang T,Kim BS J Invest Dermatol 2020 17
Thyroid Hormone, Thyroid Hormone Metabolites and Mast Cells: A Less Explored Issue Landucci E,Laurino A,Cinci L,Gencarelli M,Raimondi L. Front Cell Neurosci 2019 18
Recent advances in mast cell activation and regulation Kim HS,Kawakami Y,Kasakura K,Toshiaki K, et al F1000Research 2020 19
Mast cell-neural interactions contribute to pain and itch Gupta K,Harvima I Immunol Rev 2018 20
A mast-cell-specific receptor mediates neurogenic inflammation and pain Green D,Limjunyawong N,Gour N,Pundir P,Dong X Neuron 2019 21
Gastrointestinal tract and Mechanism of Itching
Leaky Gut Syndrome and Itching
A Viewpoint on the Leaky Gut Syndrome to Treat Allergic Asthma: A Novel Opinion Farshchi M,Azad F,Salari R,Mirsadraee M,Anushiravani M et al. J Evidence-Based Complement Altern Med 2017 26
Intestinal Permeability Defects: Is It Time to Treat? Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol Odenwald M,Turner J Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 27
Epithelial barrier dysfunctions in atopic dermatitis: a skin-gut-lung model linking microbiome alteration and immune dysregulation Zhu T,Zhu T,Tran K,Sivamani R,Shi V British Journal of Dermatology 2018 28
IL-31: A new key player in dermatology and beyond Basci I,Ruzicka T Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2018 29
Neuropeptides and Itching
Versatile Functions of Somatostatin and Somatostatin Receptors in the Gastrointestinal System Shamsi BH,Chatoo M,Xu XK,Xu X,Chen XQ. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021 30
Spinal somatostatin-positive interneurons transmit chemical itch Fatima M,Ren X,Pan H,Slade H,Asmar A,Xiong C, et al. Pain 2019 31
Gastrointestinal peptides and itch sensation Weber HC Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity 2015 32
Expression pattern of somatostatin receptor subtypes 1-5 in human skin: An immunohistochemical study of healthy subjects and patients with psoriasis or atopic dermatitis Hagstromer L,Emtestam L,Stridsberg M,Talme T Exp Dermatol 2006 33
The gut-itch connection Sanders K,Nattkemper L,Yosipovitch G. Experimental Dermatology 2016 34
Microbiota and Itching
The Skin Microbiota and Itch: Is There a Link? Kim HS,Yosipovitch G. J Clin Med 2020 35
The gut microbiome as a major regulator of the gut-skin axis Salem I,Ramser A,Isham N,Ghannoum M. Frontiers in Microbiology 2018 36
The gut-skin axis in health and disease: A paradigm with therapeutic implications O'Neill C,Monteleone G,McLaughlin J,Paus R BioEssays 2016 37
Effects of oral intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus brevis SBC8803 (SBL88TM) on dry skin conditions: A randomized,double-blind,placebo-controlled study Ogawa M,Saiki A,Matsui Y,Tsuchimoto N,Nakakita Y,Takata Y, et al. Exp Ther Med 2016 38
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii subspecies-level dysbiosis in the human gut microbiome underlying atopic dermatitis Song H,Yoo Y,Hwang JH,Na YC,Kim HN J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016 39