Mast cells are hematopoietic cells that reside in virtually all vascularized tissues and that
represent potential sources of a wide variety of biologically active secreted products …

Mast cells have mainly been studied in the setting of allergic disease, but the importance of
mast cells for host defence against several pathogens has now been well established. The …

Mast cells are well known for their involvement in allergic and anaphylactic reactions, during
which immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor (FcɛRI) aggregation leads to exocytosis of the …

Mast cells are widely regarded as important effector cells in immune responses associated
with Th2 cells and IgE. Recent work shows that they can also contribute significantly to the …

Mast cells are well known for their involvement in allergic and anaphylactic reactions, but
recent findings implicate them in a variety of inflammatory diseases affecting different …

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of pattern recognition receptors that are critical for
cellular responses to a variety of bacterial, viral, and fungal products. Mast cells are …

Mast cells are multifunctional master cells implicated in both innate and adaptive immune
responses. Their role has been best characterized in allergy and anaphylaxis; however …

Chronic psychological stress causes intestinal barrier dysfunction and impairs host defense
mechanisms mediated by corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and mast cells; however, the …

Cytokines present in the human uterus play an important role both in modulating immune
responses to infectious challenge and in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy …

Background: Mast cells play a central role not only in the early phase of the allergic reaction,
but also participate in the late phase of the allergic reaction through the allergen and IgE …