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Lacking effective interventions, clinicians often reduce or discontinue treatment. However, these adjustments do not necessarily reverse neuropathy and may jeopardize cancer control. Growing evidence now indicates that chemotherapy not only exerts neurotoxic effects but also modulates immune responses. The degree to which chemotherapy dosing regimens shape CD4\n                  <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                  T cell responses in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG), and how these cells influence mechanical hypersensitivity, remains poorly understood. In this study, female mice were administered a single, high dose (sHD) or multiple low doses (mLD) of paclitaxel (PTX). The mLD group, which received the higher cumulative dose, exhibited an earlier T cell response in the DRG and attenuated mechanical hypersensitivity with fewer ATF3\n                  <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                  DRG neurons compared to the sHD group. 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