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Maria Rita de Cássia Campos1, Vanina Danuza Toso1, Devandir Antonio de Souza1

  • 1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Pathogenic Bioagents, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Cellular Immunology
|April 17, 2014
PubMed

Rats were injected with rat recombinant (rr) IL3, rrSCF, rrIL-3+rrSCF, rrRANTES and LTB4. Six hours after subcutaneous injection of rrIL-3 or rrIL-3+rrSCF, there was an increase in mast cell numbers in the skin and spleen. Peritoneal mast cells were recruited following i.p. injection of rrIL-3, but with rrIL-3+rrSCF recruitment was delayed. Immunostaining with a mast cell specific antibody showed that immature orthochromatic mast cells were being recruited. rrIL-3 induced recruitment of mast cells to the peritoneal cavity was blocked by anti-integrin antibodies. Mast cell recruitment depended on the target tissue and the time of exposure to the chemoattractant.

Keywords:
IL-3In vivoLTB4Mast cellsRANTESRecruitmentSCF

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