Highly reduced peritoneal mast cell number and decreased c-kit expression in histidine decarboxylase knock out mice

Inflammation Research

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages

  Wiener, Z ^a   Buzas E ^a   Kovacs P ^a   Csaba, G ^a   Szabo D ^b   Kittel, A ^b   Pallinger E ^c   Watanabe, T ^e   Ohtsu, H ^e   Ichikawa, A ^e   Nagy, A ^d   Falus, A ^a,c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CONTACT; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 0035006289     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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