Expression of mast cell proteases in rat lung during helminth infection: Mast cells express both rat mast cell protease II and tryptase in helminth infected lung

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-309

  Tomita, Masaki ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Takahiko ^a   Onitsuka, Toshio ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection; Rat mast cell protease; Rat mast cell tryptase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG INFECTION; MAST CELL; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033452831     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024283     Document Type: Article

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