[Mastocyte proteinase]
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Isolation of Peritoneum-derived Mast Cells and Their Functional Characterization with Ca2+-imaging and Degranulation Assays
Published on: July 4, 2018
A K Olejnik1, E Brzezińska-Błaszczyk
1Samodzielna Pracownia Immunologii Doświadczalnej, Akademii Medycznej w Lodzi.
Postepy Higieny I Medycyny Doswiadczalnej
|October 22, 1998
Abstract:
Recent studies have led to a rapid expansion of knowledge concerning the structure and biology of mast cells neutral proteinases. Therefore, in this paper tryptases, chymases, carboxypeptidases and cathepsin G have been described and their biological roles have been discussed.
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