Sensory nerves send lymphoid assembly up in smoke.

Accumulating evidence implicates sensory neurons in tumor progression, but signals linking nociceptive activity to impaired antitumor immunity remain unclear. In a recent issue of Cell, Ho et al. show that nociceptor activation impedes TLS assembly through CGRP, and cigarette smoke engages this neuroimmune axis, promoting tumor growth independently of mutagenic effects.