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Recruitment, distribution and phenotypes of mast cells in interstitial cystitis.
The Journal of urology - 1 Mar 2000
Peeker R, Enerbäck L, Fall M, Aldenborg F
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic disabling condition of unknown etiology. One of its major characteristics is an increase in mast cells (MC) showing signs of activation. It has been suggested that the proteinase content defines two MC types: MC(TC), containing chymase and tryptase, and MC(T), which contains tryptase but lacks chymase. Here, we investigated the MC distribution and the MC proteinase...
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