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Cells Involved in Allergies Also Play a Key Role in Survival allergies cells

Mast cells seem to be everywhere and do everything.  In this study, they appear to help us survive starvation by inducing ketogenesis, the burning of fats when we do not get carbohydrates in our diet.

Alessandra Misto, Gustavo Provensi, Valentina Vozella, Maria Beatrice Passani, Daniele...

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New Treatment for Allergic Response Targets Mast Cells allergies cells

While I appreciate novel therapeutic options, in this case, I wonder if this therapy might lead to unexpected consequences. If the other articles this week are true, then excessively blocking mast cells and IGE coud raise our risk of severe bacterial infections.  We use natural therapies to...

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How Mast Cells Set Immune Defense on the Right Track cells immune system

Even in 2010, we were learning of the critical role of mast cells in immune defenses outside of allergic responses.

N. Dietrich, M. Rohde, R. Geffers, A. Kroger, H. Hauser, S. Weiss, N. O. Gekara. Mast cells elicit proinflammatory but not type I interferon responses upon activation of TLRs by...

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Allergic IgE and Mast Cells are Not Bad Guys allergies cells

Writing to a European audience, Starkl et al note that not only do 150 million Europeans now suffer from some type of allergy, but by 2025 over half of Europe will have allergies if current trends hold true.  Many would initially blame the IgE antibody and allergic cells like mast cells for...

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