Mast cell degranulation mediates compound 48/80-induced hyperalgesia in mice

D Chatterjea, A Wetzel, M Mack, C Engblom… - Biochemical and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Mast cells mediate allergies, hypersensitivities, host defense, and venom neutralization. An
area of recent interest is the contribution of mast cells to inflammatory pain. Here we found …

Antiinflammatory and immunosuppressive functions of mast cells

J Kalesnikoff, SJ Galli - … and Regulation of Immune Responses: Methods …, 2011 - Springer
Through the release of biologically active products, mast cells function as important effector
and immunoregulatory cells in diverse immunological reactions and other biological …

Mast cell degranulation distinctly activates trigemino-cervical and lumbosacral pain pathways and elicits widespread tactile pain hypersensitivity

D Levy, V Kainz, R Burstein, AM Strassman - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2012 - Elsevier
Mast cells (MCs) are tissue resident immune cells that participate in a variety of allergic and
other inflammatory conditions. In most tissues, MCs are found in close proximity to nerve …

Mast cells and inflammation.

M Stassen, L Hültner, C Müller… - Archivum Immunologiae et …, 2002 - europepmc.org
Mast cells have long been recognized as potent producers of a large panel of biologically
highly active mediators such as biogenic amines, arachidonic acid metabolites, cytokines …

Different approaches to study mast cell functions

R Sur, D Cavender, R Malaviya - International immunopharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
Mast cells have long been known to play a detrimental role in the pathogenesis of IgE-
associated allergic disorders by their ability to release a wide variety of pro-inflammatory …

Targeting mast cells in inflammatory diseases

LL Reber, N Frossard - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Although mast cells have long been known to play a critical role in anaphylaxis and other
allergic diseases, they also participate in some innate immune responses and may even …

Mast cell-independent mechanisms of immediate hypersensitivity: a role for platelets

DC Cara, KVJ Ebbert, DM McCafferty - The journal of immunology, 2004 - journals.aai.org
Mast cells have been implicated as the central effectors in allergic responses, yet a fatal
anaphylactic response can be induced in mast cell-deficient mice. In this study, we …

Mast cells: versatile gatekeepers of pain

D Chatterjea, T Martinov - Molecular Immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Mast cells are important first responders in protective pain responses that provoke
withdrawal from intense, noxious environmental stimuli, in part because of their sentinel …

Generation, isolation, and maintenance of human mast cells and mast cell lines derived from peripheral blood or cord blood

M Rådinger, BM Jensen, HS Kuehn… - Current protocols in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Antigen‐mediated mast cell activation is a pivotal step in the initiation of allergic disorders
including anaphylaxis and atopy. To date, studies aimed at investigating the mechanisms …

Mast cells in neuropathic pain: an increasing spectrum of their involvement in pathophysiology

G Kaur, N Singh, AS Jaggi - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2017 - degruyter.com
Mast cells are immunological cells that are diversely distributed in different parts of the body.
Their role in various pathological conditions such as hypersensitivity, atherosclerosis …