Spontaneous histamine release from mast cells and basophils is controlled by the cellular environment

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Gibbs, B F ^a,b   Amon, U ^b   Pearce, F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; BASOPHIL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG; MAST CELLS; RATS; SKIN;

EID: 0030962053     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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