Mast cells and tissue remodeling

Revue Francaise d'Allergologie et d'Immunologie Clinique

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-18

  Puxeddu, I ^a   Levi Schaffer, F ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Fibrosis; Mast cells; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CHEMOKINE; CHYMASE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; CYTOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0036153710     PISSN: 03357457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0335-7457(01)00106-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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