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Article: Immune cell protein may stop allergic reactions leading to asthma
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- January 3, 2008
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Washington, Jan. 3 -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center have found that activating a protein called Siglec-8, which is present on some immune cells, may be the key to stopping allergic reactions that lead to asthma.
The research team, led by Bruce Bochner director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine had earlier pointed out that Siglec-8, located on the surfaces of immune cells like eosinophils, basophils and mast cells, may stop their usual mechanism of ejecting substances causing allergic reactions.
While eosinophils fight against ...