Human mast cells produce the CD4+ T lymphocyte chemoattractant factor, IL-16

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CD4+ T cell infiltration is known to occur in tissues at sites of mast cell activation. The molecules produced and released by mast cells that account for this lymphocyte accumulation are poorly characterized. Here we report that a CD4+ T cell chemoattractant cytokine, IL-16, is stored preformed in bone marrow-cultured human mast cells and a human mast cell line, HMC-1, as demonstrated by intracytoplasmic...

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