Innate immunity: Mast cells in the front line

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 941-942

  Erb, Klaus J ^a   Holloway, John W ^a   Le Gros, Graham ^a  

^a MALAGHAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MAST CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030207970     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00632-2     Document Type: Article

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