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Analysis of the lineage relationship between mast cells and basophils using the c-kit D816V mutation as a biologic signature.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2005
Kocabas Can N, Yavuz Akif S, Lipsky Peter E, Metcalfe Dean D, Akin Cem
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BACKGROUND: Mast cells and basophils share similar morphologic and functional properties; however, it is not known whether they are derived from a bilineage (basophil/mast cell)-restricted progenitor. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether basophils and mast cells are derived from common committed progenitors using the c-kit D816V mutation as a biologic signature. METHODS: The D816V c-kit mutation found in mast cells of...
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