Journal
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 74-79Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.02.006
Keywords
Mast cells; Degranulation; Infection; Pathogen; Commensal; Mast cell-suppression; Anti-inflammatory
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- US National Institutes of Health [U01-AI082107, R01-AI096305, R56-DK095198]
- Duke-NUS, Singapore
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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. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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