Human mast cells express stem cell factor

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Zhang, Shaoli ^a   Anderson, David F ^a   Bradding, Peter ^b   Coward, William R ^a   Baddeley, Susan M ^a   MacLeod, John D A ^a   McGill, James I ^a   Church, Martin K ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^a   Roche, William R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cytokine; Mast cell; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHYMASES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; MAST CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SKIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRYPTASES;

EID: 17144447556     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199809)186:1<59::AID-PATH140>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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