The mast cell: Origin, morphology, distribution, and function

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 409-424

  Yong, L C J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chymase, mast cells; Granules, mast cells; Heparin, mast cells; Mast cells; Metachromasia, mast cells; Serotonin, mast cells; Tryptase, mast cells

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; CYTOKINE; DOPAMINE; DYE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 3; SEROTONIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GRANULE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; MESENCHYME; MONOCYTE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031406090     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-2993(97)80129-7     Document Type: Review

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