The Mast Cell A Multifunctional Effector Cell

This book covers the most important aspects of Mast Cell Biology. It enables the reader to immerse in the new aspects of Mast Cells biology, which are no longer seen as an immunological effector cell, but a multi-functional efector cell. One which have ro

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The Mast Cell A Multifunctional Effector Cell

The Mast Cell

Domenico Ribatti

The Mast Cell A Multifunctional Effector Cell

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Domenico Ribatti Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences, and Sensory Organs University of Bari Bari, Italy

ISBN 978-3-030-24189-6 ISBN 978-3-030-24190-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24190-2

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Mast Cell Ontogeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 First Evidence of Bone Marrow Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Development of Mast Cells Along the Myeloid Pathway 2.4 Stem Cell Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 Integrins and Cell-Adhesion Molecules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 Chemokine Receptors and Interleukins . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Staining of Mast Cells . . 3.1 Background . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Metachromasia . . . . . . . 3.3 Alcian Blue-Safranin . . 3.4 The Tyrosine Kinase Kit 3.5 Tryptase and Chymase . 3.6 Other Stainings . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Mast Cell Heterogeneity . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Background . . .