Article: Effective ocular allergy treatments are dual action

Article: Agent able to antagonize histamine, stabilize mast cells
Ophthalmology Times;  May 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......armamentarium for allergic conjunctivitis, said Stephanie...patients with allergic conjunctivitis was treat the...the basis of allergic conjunctivitis. Ketotifen specifically...released from the mast cells attract eosinophils...that amplify the allergic ...

Article: Giving mast cells their proper respect.(Brief Article)
Science News;  July 17, 1999 ;     448 words ...Although identified more than 150 years ago, mast cells still don't get much respect. And what...other harmless substances, for example, mast cells trigger the miseries of allergies. The...reason for keeping the cells around. Mast cells are in the body to do good. Their role...

Article: Promising New Eyedrops for Allergic Conjunctivitis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Family Practice News;  January 1, 2000 ;     596 words ......antihistaminic and mast cell stabilizing...the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis, Dr. David Granet...from conjunctival mast cells. So patients must...of patients with allergic conjunctivitis. According to Dr...front-line therapies for allergic conjunctivitis, ...

Article: Mast cells and eosinophils in invasive breast carcinoma.(Research article)(Clinical report)
BMC Cancer;  August 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......clinical outcome [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. Mast cells derive from a specific bone marrow...the microenvironmental conditions. Mast cells may promote tumour development through many different ways. Mast cells could facilitate tumour angiogenesis...

Article: Study shows mast cells linked to asthma and eczema can help cure sepsis in mice.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week;  December 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mast cells are immune cells known mostly for their...colleagues have shown for the first time that mast cells can provide protection from a potentially...scientists already knew that, in cell culture, mast cells are activated by endothelin-1. In ...

Article: Role change: mast cells show an anti-inflammatory side.(This Week)
Science News;  September 8, 2007 ;     487 words ......getting out of hand. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mast cells make proteins that contribute to the...scenes of irritation or injury. Although mast cells play a valuable role in fighting bacteria...fire. A study in mice now shows that mast cells produce a helpful immune protein a few...

Article: Mast cells trigger apoptosis in Jurkat cells.
Drug Week;  August 8, 2003 ;     361 words ......undergo apoptosis in the presence of mast cells. These cells are known to play an important...explained. Recent evidence suggests that mast cells may also participate in immune surveillance...University in Halifax found that human mast cells are able to trigger apoptosis in Jurkat...

Article: Mast cells may serve as a viral reservoir for HIV-1.
Health & Medicine Week;  August 30, 2004 ;     433 words ......NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mast cells may serve as a viral reservoir...Evidence that human progenitor mast cells are susceptible to infection with...patients has led to speculation that mast cells may serve as a potential reservoir...

Article: IL-9 increases cytokine expression in activated mast cells.
Biotech Week;  August 25, 2004 ;     323 words ......increases cytokine expression in activated mast cells. Histamine and IL-9 are suspected to...of asthmatic and allergic reactions. Mast cells store a large amount of histamine in...Z. Wiener and coworkers, we show that mast cells stimulated by IL-9 and ionomycin or IL...

Article: Mast cells play key role in bacterial infection defense
Dermatology Times;  September 1, 2002 ;     684 words ......DERMATOLOGY Research shows mammalian mast cells produce and secrete antimicrobial peptide...fight bacterial infections Los Angeles - Mast cells are directly involved in innate defense...Society for Investigative dermatology. Mast cells are known to be key players in the ...

Article: Naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal increases thalamic mast cells.
Mental Health Weekly Digest;  June 28, 2004 ;     400 words ......withdrawal increases the number of thalamic mast cells. According to a study from the United...behavior results from degranulation of mast cells. Because withdrawal is considered as a central phenomenon, degranulation of mast cells located within the CNS may influcence...

Article: Evaluation of Mast Cells in Myeloproliferative Disorders and Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...* Context.-Mast cells may be increased as a reactive mastocytosis...however, SMCD usually reveals dyspoietic mast cells and other dyspoietic bone marrow elements...and MDSs without SMCD for dyspoietic mast cells. Design.-A total of 55 MPDs or MDSs...

Article: Mast cells have protective role during urinary bladder infections.
Gastroenterology Week;  May 3, 2004 ;     355 words ......NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surprisingly, mast cells have protective activity during urinary...bladder are very common, and the role of mast cells in these infections is invariably thought...However, recent studies have shown that mast cells play a key role in host defense against...

Article: Baicalein inhibits IL-1[beta]- and TNF-[alpha]-induced inflammatory cytokine production from human mast cells via regulation of the NF-[kappa]B pathway.(Research)
Clinical and Molecular Allergy;  November 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......corresponding author) [1] Background Human mast cells are multifunctional cells involved in...immune and inflammatory reactions [1, 2]. Mast cells have been implicated in acute and chronic...characterized by inflammation [3]. The fact that mast cells accumulate at sites of ...