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mast-cell
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mast cell
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a connective tissue cell that contains coarse, basophilic, metachromatic secretory granules that contain, among other pharmacologic agents, heparin, histamine, and eosinophilic chemotactic factor. These cells are involved in immediate hypersensitivity reactions and play a ...
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mast cell
[n] - a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation
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Mast cell
a type of cell present in most body tissues that releases substances in response to an allergen, which causes symptoms such as inflammation
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Mast cell
Mast cell: A connective tissue cell whose normal function is unknown but which is frequently injured in allergic reactions, releasing chemicals including histamine that are very irritating and cause itching, swelling, and fluid leakage from cells. These allergic chemicals may also cause muscle spasm...
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mast cell
Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparan sulphate. Release of histamine from mast cells is responsible for the immediate reddening of the skin in a weal-and-flare response. Very similar to basophils and possibly derived from the same stem cells. Tw...
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mast cell
<cell biology, immunology> Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparan sulphate. ... Release of histamine from mast cells is responsible for the immediate reddening of the skin in a weal and flare response. Very similar to basophils and possibly...
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mast cell
mastocyte noun a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation
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mast cell
a connective tissue cell capable of elaborating basophilic, metachromatic cytoplasmic granules that contain histamine, heparin, hyaluronic acid, slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A), and, in some species, serotonin.
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mast cell
tissue cell of the immune system of vertebrate animals. Mast cells mediate inflammatory responses such as hypersensitivity and allergic reactions. ... [5 related articles]
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Mast cell
Tissue located cell probably derived from basophils. Possesses receptor for Fc of IgE. Participates in 'Immediate hypersensitivity' reactions.
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Mast cell
A mast cell (also known as mastocyte and labrocyte) is a resident cell of several types of tissues and contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin. Although best known for their role in allergy and anaphylaxis, mast cells play an important protective role as well, being intimately involved...
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mast cell
A granulocyte (a type of white blood cell) found in connective tissue, for example around blood vessels or in the skin. Mast cells don't usually circulate in the blood itself. They release histamine and serotonin during an allergic response. This release is triggered by the binding of antigen to a t...
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MAST CELL
A specialized, granule-containing cell found in the skin and lining of the inner body surfaces; it plays a central role in the development of allergy.
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mast cell
A type of connective tissue cell that produces and secretes histamine and heparin and promotes local inflammation.
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mast cell
A type of connective tissue cell that produces and secretes histamine and heparin and promotes local inflammation.
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mast cell
A type of white blood cell.
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