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Widespread immunological functions of mast cells: fact or fiction?
Immunity - 27 Jul 2012
Rodewald Hans-Reimer, Feyerabend Thorsten B
Abstract excerpt
Immunological functions of mast cells are currently considered to be much broader than the original role of mast cells in IgE-driven allergic disease. The spectrum of proposed mast cell functions includes areas as diverse as the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses, protective immunity against viral, microbial, and parasitic pathogens, autoimmunity, tolerance to graft rejection, promotion of or...
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