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Title: | Mast cell mediator responses and their suppression by pathogenic and commensal microorganisms | Authors: | Choi, H.W. Abraham, S.N. |
Keywords: | Anti-inflammatory Commensal Degranulation Infection Mast cell-suppression Mast cells Pathogen |
Issue Date: | Jan-2015 | Citation: | Choi, H.W., Abraham, S.N. (2015-01). Mast cell mediator responses and their suppression by pathogenic and commensal microorganisms. Molecular Immunology 63 (1) : 74-79. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2014.02.006 | Abstract: | Mast cells (MCs) are selectively found at the host environment interface and are capable of secreting a wide array of pharmacologically active mediators, many of which are prepackaged in granules. Over the past two decades, it has become clear that these cells have the capacity to recognize a range of infectious agents allowing them to play a key role in initiating and modulating early immune responses to infectious agents. However, a number of pathogenic and commensal microbes appear to have evolved distinct mechanisms to suppress MC mediator release to avoid elimination in the host. Understanding how these microbes suppress MC functions may have significant therapeutic value to relieve inflammatory disorders mediated by MCs. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Molecular Immunology | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/126587 | ISSN: | 01615890 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.02.006 |
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