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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
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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. Three phenotypically distinct mast cell subsets, with respect to their protease content, have been identified in rat...
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