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Characterization of mast-cell tryptase-expressing peripheral blood cells as basophils.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Feb 2002
Foster Barbara, Schwartz Lawrence B, Devouassoux Gilles, Metcalfe Dean D, Prussin Calman
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mast-cell tryptase is a protease with proinflammatory activity, the expression of which by peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) has not been fully characterized. OBJECTIVE: We examined tryptase expression in human PBLs to further characterize this tryptase-expressing cell population for lineage and disease association. METHODS: PBLs were fixed, permeabilized, stained with antibodies to tryptase and a...
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