Widespread Immunological Functions of Mast Cells: Fact or Fiction?

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Mast cells promote atherosclerosis by releasing proinflammatory cytokines

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Mast Cells Can Amplify Airway Reactivity and Features of Chronic Inflammation in an Asthma Model in Mice

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Mast Cells Can Enhance Resistance to Snake and Honeybee Venoms

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Identification of a Committed Precursor for the Mast Cell Lineage

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Inducer T lymphocytes synthesize a factor that stimulates proliferation of cloned mast cells

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Mast cells are an essential hematopoietic component for polyp development

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Critical Role of Mast Cell Chymase in Mouse Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation

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Requirement of Interaction between Mast Cells and Skin Dendritic Cells to Establish Contact Hypersensitivity

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Mast Cell-Derived TNF Can Exacerbate Mortality during Severe Bacterial Infections in C57BL/6-Kit Mice

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A protective role of mast cells in intestinal tumorigenesis

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Skin Mast Cells Protect Mice against Vaccinia Virus by Triggering Mast Cell Receptor S1PR2 and Releasing Antimicrobial Peptides

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Mast cells promote atherosclerosis by inducing both an atherogenic lipid profile and vascular inflammation

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Microarray comparison of normal andW/Wvmice in the gastric fundus indicates a supersensitive phenotype

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Mast Cell Protease 6 Is Required for Allograft Tolerance

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The influence of the sesquiterpene lactones from Geigeria on mast cell degranulation

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