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Expression of high‐ and low‐affinity receptors for C3a on the human mast cell line, HMC‐1
1 Apr 1996
Abstract excerpt
The proteolytic cleavage product of complement component 3, (C3a), is like C4a and C5a, is a potent anaphylatoxin and induces the production of inflammatory mediators in phagocytes. Notably, mast cells respond to C3a with the release of vasoactive substances, including histamine. We have examined the function and receptor binding of C3a in a human leukemic mast cell line, HMC-1. Similar to chemoattractant...
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