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Giving mast cells their proper respect

Allergy-causing immune cells called mast cells may serve a good purpose by directly recognizing infectious bacteria and alerting the body.

References:

Malaviya, R. ... and S.N. Abraham. 1999. The mast cell tumor necrosis factor-a response to FimH-expressing Escherichia coli is mediated by the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored molecule CD48. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(July 6):8110.

Further Readings:

Galli, S.J., and B.K. Wershil. 1996. The two faces of the mast cell. Nature 381(May 2):21.

Metcalfe, D.D., D. Baram, and Y.A. Mekori. 1997. Mast cells. Physiological Reviews 77(October):1033.

Sources:

Soman N. Abraham
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Pathology and Microbiology
Durham, NC 27710

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 3, July 17, 1999, p. 39. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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