Human mast cells augment fibroblast proliferation by heterotypic cell- cell adhesion and action of IL-4

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5053-5057

  Trautmann, Axel ^a   Krohne, Georg ^b   Bröcker, Eva B ^a   Klein, C Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; BROXURIDINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; MITOMYCIN C; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MAST CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0032525047     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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