Mast cells in allergy and beyond

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1601-1607

  Puxeddu, I ^a   Piliponsky, A M ^a   Bachelet, I ^a   Levi Schaffer, F ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergy; c kit; Mast cells; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CATHEPSIN G; CHYMASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FC RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRYPTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLERGY; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BONE MARROW; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAST CELL; MOUSE STRAIN; MUCOSA; NEMATODE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; TUMOR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0142061199     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(03)00208-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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