Electron microscopy elucidates eosinophil degranulation patterns in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Saffari, Hedieh ^a   Hoffman, Laura H ^b   Peterson, Kathryn A ^c   Fang, John C ^c   Leiferman, Kristin M ^c   Pease III, Leonard F ^c   Gleich, Gerald J ^c  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

activation; cytolysis; electron microscopy; Eosinophilic esophagitis; eosinophils; piecemeal degranulation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; EOSIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; OMALIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE STRUCTURE; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; INTERCELLULAR SPACE;

ACTIVATION; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILS; PIECEMEAL DEGRANULATION;

ADULT; CELL DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901772595     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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