Assertion: basophil | /r/HasProperty | minor relatives
Facets:
value: erroneously
type: DEGREE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Basophils have often been erroneously considered to be minor relatives or blood-circulating precursors of tissue-resident mast cells because of some phenotypic similarity between them, including basophilic secretory granules in the cytoplasm.
text: Therefore, basophils were the major if not exclusive source of histamine and cysLTs in the PBMC population stimulated by LIR7 cross-linking, and mediator release was due to direct stimulation of basophils through LIR-7 and not due to an indirect effect of cross-linking LIR-7 expressed on PBMCs.
text: Mast cells and basophils are the major cells in the early phases of allergic reactions.
text: Basophils and mast cells are sometimes mixed up, and basophils have been erroneously considered to be minor relatives or blood-circulating precursors of tissue-resident mast cells because of some phenotypic similarity between them, including basophilic secretory granules in their cytoplasm (1–3).