Mast cells: An expanding pathophysiological role from allergy to other disorders

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 385, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 657-670

  Anand, Preet ^a   Singh, Baldev ^a   Jaggi, Amteshwar Singh ^a   Singh, Nirmal ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Irritable bowel disorder; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Male infertility; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CATHEPSIN K; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHYMASE; COLLAGENASE 3; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PADGEM PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; TRYPTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EFFECTOR CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MAST CELLS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84862881782     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: 14321912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-012-0757-8     Document Type: Review

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