Effect of c-kit ligand, stem cell factor, on mediator release by human intestinal mast cells isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and controls

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-114

  Bischoff, S G ^a   Schwengberg, S ^a   Wordelmann, K ^a   Weimann, A ^a   Raab, R ^a   Manns, M P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

C kit ligand; Histamine release; Inflammatory bowel disease; Interleukin 3; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CYTOKINE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; LEUKOTRIENE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030033192     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.1.104     Document Type: Article

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