Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases

Mast cells are important in innate immune system. They have been appreciated as potent contributors to allergic reaction. However, increasing evidence implicates the important role of mast cells in autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Here we review the current stage...

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Main Authors: Xu, Yunzhi, Chen, Guangjie
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4402170/
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spelling pubmed-44021702015-05-05 Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases Xu, Yunzhi Chen, Guangjie Review Article Mast cells are important in innate immune system. They have been appreciated as potent contributors to allergic reaction. However, increasing evidence implicates the important role of mast cells in autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Here we review the current stage of knowledge about mast cells in autoimmune diseases. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4402170/ /pubmed/25944979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/246126 Text en Copyright © 2015 Y. Xu and G. Chen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Xu, Yunzhi
Chen, Guangjie
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Chen, Guangjie
Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
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Chen, Guangjie
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title Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
title_short Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
title_full Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
title_fullStr Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases
title_sort mast cell and autoimmune diseases
description Mast cells are important in innate immune system. They have been appreciated as potent contributors to allergic reaction. However, increasing evidence implicates the important role of mast cells in autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Here we review the current stage of knowledge about mast cells in autoimmune diseases.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4402170/
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