Mast cell subpopulations in the synovial tissue of patients with osteoarthritis: Selective increase in numbers of tryptase-positive, chymase- negative mast cells

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Buckley, Mark G ^a   Gallagher, Patrick J ^a   Walls, Andrew F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chymase; Mast cells; Osteoarthritis; Synovium; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031680170     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199809)186:1<67::AID-PATH132>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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