Effective ocular allergy treatments are dual action

Ophthalmology Times;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......stabilize mast cells, inhibit...picture of the conjunctival mast cell and...connective tissue mast cells or mucosal mast cells. Mast cells, however...staining. Conjunctival mast cells isolated...using human conjunctival ...

Early allergy season springs into action

Ophthalmology Times;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......practices. Role of mast cells The role of the mast...The abundance of mast cells in the conjunctiva (on the order of 5,000 mast cells per mm^sup 3^) makes...reaction there as well. Mast cells can be differentiated...are variations in mast cells' ...

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...

New Defense Against Snake Bites Identified

NPR Morning Edition;  July 31, 2006 ;     480 words ......but studies asthma and allergies and mast cells in the immune system. Dr. STEVEN GALLEY...In medical school, one learns that mast cells are bad actors. They contribute to disease...that they do have these effects. JOYCE: Mast cells overreact sometimes to allergens that...

SCIENTISTS LINK ANXIETY TO IMMUNE SYSTEM IN MICE

The Hindustan Times;  October 28, 2008 ;     455 words ......Columbia universities have found that mast cells, which have an important role to play...University scientists had shown that mast cells travel to the brain from other organs early on in development."We now knew that mast cells resided in the brain but we didn't know...

ANOTHER LINK SEEN TO ARTHRITIS CAUSE

The Boston Globe;  September 6, 2002 ;     694 words ......journal Science that mice born without mast cells appear to be immune to arthritis, even...who, unlike mice, cannot live without mast cells. Their research was published two weeks...in that process." In the human body, mast cells combat certain bacterial infections and...

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...

NCSU investigates role of mast cell defense

DVM;  January 1, 2002 ;     278 words ......found a famfly of antibiotics inside mast cells or immune cells in the skin, gills, intestines...isolate the peptide antibiotics from mast cells of any animal. They are the first scientists...that these drugs were actually found in mast cells, according to Noga. Mast ...

Boston Scientists See Another Link to Arthritis Cause.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......journal Science that mice born without mast cells appear to be immune to arthritis, even...who, unlike mice, cannot live without mast cells. Their research was published two weeks...player in that process. In the human body, mast cells combat certain bacterial infections and...

Mastocytosis: What It Is and How It's Diagnosed and Treated.

American Family Physician;  June 1, 1999 ;     535 words ......the bone marrow. It's caused by having too many mast cells. Mast cells are a kind of blood cell. Mastocytosis can occur...in children, and they often outgrow it. What are mast cells? Mast cells are made by your bone marrow. They're...

Immune cell protein may stop allergic reactions leading to asthma

The Hindustan Times;  January 3, 2008 ;     563 words ......cells like eosinophils, basophils and mast cells, may stop their usual mechanism of ejecting...invaders, like parasites, basophils and mast cells store and release substances like histamine...their theory in a new study on human mast cells and mast-cell-containing tissues. The...

MEDICAL EDGE: ASK THE MAYO CLINIC.(Life and Arts)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 17, 2008 ;     592 words ......Systemic mastocytosis results from having too many mast cells in your body. Mast cells are found in your skin, around blood vessels...mediators, such as histamine and prostaglandins. Mast cells also may release these substances during an allergic...

POTENTIAL NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR ASTHMA, ALLERGIES, CANCER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2006 ;     481 words ......inflammation and cancer is transported out of mast cells, according to findings published online...of the National Academy of Sciences. Mast cells are specialized cells that react to allergy-causi...hives. Among the molecules released by mast cells that participate in the allergic ...

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 ...

New drug target for asthma, allergies and cancer identified

The Hindustan Times;  October 18, 2006 ;     341 words ......and cancer, is transported out of mast cells. The work by the investigators opens...and colleagues have shown that mast cells may use a special transporter for the purpose. "Our study shows that mast cells can use a special kind of transporter...