Open AccessMonocyte Chemotactic and Activating Factor/Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1–Mediated Histamine Release From Human Nasal Mucosa
Author(s) -
Terumichi Fujikura,
Hirokuni Otsuka
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of otolaryngology--head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-361X
pISSN - 0886-4470
DOI - 10.1001/archotol.124.12.1331
Subject(s) - histamine , mucous membrane of nose , monocyte , immunology , western blot , allergy , immunoglobulin e , medicine , antibody , biology , biochemistry , gene
To demonstrate the existence and localization of monocyte chemotactic and activating factor or monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCAF/MCP-1) in human nasal mucosa and to verify its activity as a histamine-releasing factor.