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A novel KIT-deficient mouse mast cell model for the examination of human KIT-mediated activation responses.
Journal of immunological methods - 30 Apr 2013
Smrž Daniel, Bandara Geethani, Zhang Shuling, Mock Beverly A, Beaven Michael A, Metcalfe Dean D, Gilfillan Alasdair M
Abstract excerpt
Activation of KIT, by its ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), results in the initiation of signal transduction pathways that influence mast cell survival and proliferation. Activating mutations in KIT have thus been linked to clonal MC proliferation associated with systemic mastocytosis. SCF also modulates MC function by inducing MC chemotaxis and by potentiating antigen (Ag)/IgE-mediated MC degranulation. Thus,...
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