Article
Phenotypic and quantitative changes in mast cells after syngeneic unilateral lung transplantation in the rat.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Sept 1996
Buvry A, Garbarg M, Dimitriadou V, Rouleau A, Newlands G F, Tavakoli R, Poaty V, Lockhart A, Schwartz J C, Frossard N
Abstract excerpt
1. Lung transplantation causes a total interruption of the inneration and vascularization within the transplanted organ, followed by repair processes. This is frequently associated with bronchial hyper-responsiveness. A common feature of tissue repair is an increase in the number of mast cells. T...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Count
- Cell Differentiation
- Chymases
- Histamine
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung
- Lung Transplantation
- Male
- Mast Cells
- Phenotype
- Rats