Mast cell granule composition and tissue location - A close correlation

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 937-946

  Beil, W J ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Wefelmeyer, U ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chymase; Fixation; Heparin; Mast cells; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHYMASE; DYE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; TRYPTASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DUODENUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHYMASES; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MAST CELLS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAINING AND LABELING;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0033943361     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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