Open AccessFunctional Heterogeneity of Human Mast Cells
Author(s) -
F. L. Pearce,
P B Boulos,
H. Y. A. Lau,
W.L. Liu,
K. R. Tainsh
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000235369
Subject(s) - histamine , mast cell , immunology , mast (botany) , biology , rodent , inflammation , chemistry , endocrinology , ecology
Mast cell heterogeneity in man is much less sharply defined than in the rodent but human cutaneous mast cells appear to be distinct in their histochemical properties, their reactivity to polycationic histamine liberators, and their relative lack of responsiveness to antiasthmatic chromones.