Mast cell biology
Subtitle: contemporary and emerging topics
By: edited by Alasdair M. Gilfillan and Dean D. Metcalfe
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 716; Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 716.
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media; Landes Bioscience
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781441995322
Subjects: Mast cells; Mast Cells
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mast cell biology : introduction and overview  / Alasdair M. Gilfillan, Sarah J. Austin, and Dean D. Metcalfe; title: Mast cell progenitor trafficking and maturation / Jenny Hallgren and Michael F. Gurish; title: Monomeric IgE and mast cell development, survival, and function / Jun-ichi Kashiwakura, Iris M. Otani, and Toshiaki Kawakami; title: Mast cell apoptosis and survival / Maria Ekoff and Gunnar Nilsson; title: Regulators of Ca2+ signaling in mast cells; title: Potential targets for treatmen of mast cellrelated diseases / Hong-Tao Ma and Michael A. Beaven; title: Spatio-temporal signaling in mast cells / Bridget S. Wilson, Janet M. Oliver, and Diane S. Lidke; title: The mechanisms of exocytosis in mast cells / Ulrich Blank; title: An emerging role for the lipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate in mast cell effector function and allergic disease / Ana Olivera and Juan Rivera; title: Down-regulation of mast cell responses through itim containing inhibitory receptors / Laila Karra and Francesca Levi-Schaffer; title: The mast cell in innate and adaptive immunity / Christopher P. Shelburne and Soman N. Abraham; title: Mast cells and immunoregulation/immunomodulation / Mindy Tsai, Michele Grimbaldeston, and Stephen J. Galli; title: Mast cell proteases as protective and inflammatory mediators / George H. Caughey; title: Mast cells in lung inflammation / Elena P. Moiseeva and Peter Bradding; title: Mast cells, angiogenesis, and cancer / Domenico Ribatti and Enrico Crivellato.