Male and female 9-week old WT (JAX#000664) and Il10−/− (JAX#002251) mice were purchased from Jackson laboratory (Maine). To generate the AvilCre+/−;Il10rafloxflox (Il10raDRG-KO) mice, AvilCre+/− mice [27 (link),75 (link)] (generously provided by Dr. Hui-Lin Pan, MD Anderson Cancer Center) were bred with Il10rafloxflox [41 (link)] mice. Both strains were on C57BL/6 background. Experimental animals were obtained from AvilCre+/−;Il10rafloxflox sir crossed with Il10rafloxflox dam mice. The breeding generated 50% of AvilCre+/−;Il10rafloxflox (Il10raDRG-KO) pups and 50% of control Il10rafloxflox pups. No sex difference was observed in the proportion of each genotype. CIPN was induced by intraperitoneal administration of 2 mg/kg cisplatin (Teva pharmaceuticals) daily for 3 days (identified as days 0, 1 and 2 in figures) as previously described [26 (link)].