Ultimately, her research led to mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, a condition in which mast cells (a type of white blood cell) overreact for reasons that aren’t always clear. These ...
Eosinophils and mast cells are two types of immune cells with critical roles in responding to foreign assaults. When these cells do not function properly, several disease outcomes can develop (e.g.
Recent studies using mast cell or basophil-deficient mouse strains have broadened our view that they are possibly involved in a much broader range of immune/inflammatory responses. Novel surface ...
lumc.nl Objective Mast cells may play a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but activation of human mast cells in autoimmune settings has been little studied. Toll-like receptors (TLR) and Fcγ ...