The c-kit ligand, stem cell factor, can enhance innate immunity through effects on mast cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2343-2348

  Maurer, Marcus ^a   Echtenacher, Bernd ^b   Hültner, Lothar ^c   Kollias, George ^d   Männel, Daniela N ^b   Langley, Keith E ^e   Galli, Stephen J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; Innate immunity; Mast cells; Stem cell factor; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CECUM; CELL COUNT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERITONITIS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032416394     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.12.2343     Document Type: Article

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