Mast cells and immune defences.

Citation
S. Mecheri et al., Mast cells and immune defences., REV FR ALLE, 39(4), 1999, pp. 249-253
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
REVUE FRANCAISE D ALLERGOLOGIE ET D IMMUNOLOGIE CLINIQUE
ISSN journal
03357457 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
249 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0335-7457(1999)39:4<249:MCAID>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The interrelations between inflammatory processes and immune reactions has become clearer following recent studies identifying the immune response eff ector mechanisms of mast cells. The implication of mast cells in bacterial clearance mechanisms and their direct interaction with T and B lymphocytes constitute arguments suggesting that mast cells are at the heart of innate and acquired immune defence mechanisms. These new properties of mast cells, if they also exist in man, must be taken into account in future therapeuti c approaches to allergy.