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NKp46 regulates the production of serine proteases and IL-22 in human mast cells in urticaria pigmentosa.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Sept 2015
Ueshima Chiyuki, Kataoka Tatsuki R, Hirata Masahiro, Koyanagi Itsuko, Honda Tetsuya, Tsuruyama Tatsuaki, Okayama Yoshimichi, Seiyama Akitoshi, Haga Hironori
Abstract excerpt
NKp46 (natural cytotoxic receptor 1/CD335) is expressed on natural killer cells and Th2-type innate lymphocytes. However, NKp46 expression in human mast cells has not yet been reported. Here, we explored the expression of, and possible role played by, NKp46 in such cells. NKp46 protein was expressed in human mast cells in urticaria pigmentosa principally of the tryptase-positive/chymase-negative type (MCT), but...
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