α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone acts as a selective inducer of secretory functions in human mast cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-19

  Grützkau, Andreas ^a   Henz, Beate M ^a   Kirchhof, Loreen ^a   Luger, Thomas ^a   Artuc, Metin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histamine; HMC 1; Mast cell; Melanocortin receptor; Pro opiomelanocortin (POMC); MSH

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0034638606     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3764     Document Type: Article

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