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Review
. 2000 Dec;12(6):624-31.
doi: 10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00154-0.

Roles of mast cells and basophils in innate and acquired immunity

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Roles of mast cells and basophils in innate and acquired immunity

J Wedemeyer et al. Curr Opin Immunol. 2000 Dec.
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Abstract

There have been several recent advances in knowledge about mast cells and basophils in immune responses, of which some are particularly important: a role has been found for heparin in the storage of certain proteases and other mediators in mast cell cytoplasmic granules; an important role for mast cells in the development of several chronic aspects of an asthma model in mice has been discovered; and a new approach has been developed, based on the generation of mast cells from embryonic stem cells in vitro, to investigate mast cell function in vitro or in vivo.

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