Thymosin beta 4 expression in normal skin, colon mucosa and in tumor infiltrating mast cells

Mast cells (MCs) are metachromatic cells that originate from multipotential hemopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Two distinct populations of MCs have been characterized: mucosal MCs are tryptase-positive while mast cells in skin contain tryptase and chymase. We now show that a sub-population o...

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Main Authors: Nemolato, S., Cabras, T., Fanari, M.U., Cau, F., Fraschini, M., Manconi, B., Messana, I., Castagnola, M., Faa, G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167296/