Mast cells in health and disease

Clinical Science

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 473-484

  Weller, Charlotte L ^a,d   Collington, Sarah J ^b   Williams, Tim ^a   Lamb, Jonathan R ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atherosclerosis; Autoimmune disease; Host defence; Mast cell activation; Mast cell progenitor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAST CELL; NEOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAST CELLS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952332879     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20100459     Document Type: Review

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