The skin is a complex organ that has devised numerous strategies, such as physical,
chemical, and microbiological barriers, to protect the host from external insults. In addition …

The skin is the outermost organ of the body and is continuously exposed to external
pathogens. Upon inflammation, various immune cells pass through, reside in or are …

Mast cells have existed long before the development of adaptive immunity, although they
have been given different names. Thus, in the marine urochordate Styela plicata, they have …

Abstracts Bone mainly functions as a supportive framework for the whole body and is the
major regulator of calcium homeostasis and hematopoietic function. Recently, an increasing …

Our skin contributes critically to health via its role as a barrier tissue, carefully regulating
passage of key substrates while also providing defense against exogenous threats …

Trogocytosis is an active process, in which one cell extracts the cell fragment from another
cell, leading to the transfer of cell surface molecules, together with membrane fragments …

Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical for the activation of naïve CD4+ T cells and are considered
professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), as are macrophages and B cells. Recently …

Mast cells (MCs) are best-known as key effector cells of immediate-type allergic reactions
that may even culminate in life-threatening anaphylactic shock syndromes. However …

Mast cells (MCs), which are well known for their effector functions in TH 2-skewed allergic
and also autoimmune inflammation, have become increasingly acknowledged for their role …

Introducción: La inflamación es una respuesta homeostática del organismo. Es uno de los
principales motivos de consulta en Cuba y el mundo. Existe una percepción errónea de que …