Novel autocrine and paracrine loops of the stem cell factor/chymase network

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 422-425

  De Paulis, Amato ^a   Minopoli, Giuseppina ^a   Dal Piaz, Fabrizio ^a   Pucci, Pietro ^a   Russo, Tommaso ^a   Marone, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basophils; Chymase; Histamine; Mast cells; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

CELL LYSATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SKIN BIOPSY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032933330     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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