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Mast cells collect in various tissues and can affect organs were mast cells do not normally inhabit such as the liver, spleen and lymph nodes and organ which have normal populations but numbers are increased.
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Mast cells gather when an allergic reaction is occurring.
Mast cells were once thought to be responsible for allergic reactions.
Mast cells release histamine.
* Mast cell activation syndrome-has normal number of mast cells, but all the symptoms and in some cases the genetic markers of systemic mastocytosis
Mast cells are located in connective tissue, including the skin, the linings of the stomach and intestine, and other sites.
Mast cells seem to have other roles as well.
Mast cells express a cell surface receptor, c-kit ( CD117 ), which is the receptor for stem cell factor ( scf ).
* Mast cell stabilizers help prevent mast cells from releasing their chemical contents.
Mast cells were first described by Paul Ehrlich in his 1878 doctoral thesis on the basis of their unique staining characteristics and large granules.
Mast cells are very close to basophil granulocytes ( a class of white blood cells ) in blood.
Mast cells are present in most tissues characteristically surrounding blood vessels and nerves, and are especially prominent near the boundaries between the outside world and the internal milieu, such as the skin, mucosa of the lungs and digestive tract, as well as in the mouth, conjunctiva and nose.
Mast cells play a key role in the inflammatory process.
Mast cells can be stimulated to degranulate by direct injury ( e. g. physical or chemical as opioids, alcohols, and certain antibiotics such as polymyxins ), cross-linking of Immunoglobulin E ( IgE ) receptors, or by activated complement proteins.
Mast cells express a high-affinity receptor ( FcεRI ) for the Fc region of IgE, the least-abundant member of the antibodies.
Mast cells are implicated in the pathology associated with the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis, bullous pemphigoid, and multiple sclerosis.
Mast cells are present within the endometrium, with increased activation and release of mediators in endometriosis.
Mast cells explode with histamine.
Mast cells are " tissue basophils " and mediate certain immune reactions to allergens.
Mast cells have Toll-like receptors and interact with dendritic cells, B cells, and T cells to help mediate adaptive immune functions.
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Mast cells express MHC class II molecules and can participate in antigen presentation ; however, the mast cell's role in antigen presentation is not very well understood.
Mast cells can consume and kill gram-negative bacteria ( e. g., salmonella ), and process their antigens.
In 1899, John Mast of Lititz, Pennsylvania, filed a U. S. patent for a modification of Hooker's design that can be " readily set or adjusted with absolute safety to the person attending thereto, avoiding the liability of having his fingers caught or injured by the striker when it is prematurely or accidentally freed or released.
Giemsa stains the fungus histoplasma, chlamydia bacteria, and can be used to identify Mast cells.
Mast cell tumors are known among veterinary oncologists as ' the great pretenders ' because their appearance can be varied, from a wart-like nodule to a soft subcutaneous lump ( similar on palpation to a benign lipoma ) to an ulcerated skin mass.
Also on very clear days, visitors can see across Lancashire, past Bolton to Winter Hill ; often on mid-mornings ( with the sun reflecting off it ) visitors may make out the large white section on top of the Winter Hill TV Mast.
Frankis rimes here I redd Comunlik in ilk a sted ; Mast es it wroght for Frankis man — Quat is for him na Frankis can?
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The County Farm grounds were converted to the New Hampshire State Prison for Women ( currently located at 317 Mast Road ).
The Broken Mast Monument which commemorates all the whalers who were lost at sea
Earliest settlers were the families of David Hoover, David Mast, Daniel Hoover, Robert Ewing, John and Abraham McClintock, John Rench, Martin Sheets, Jacob Smith, Daniel and Peter Fetters.
Stations were built at Lackawaxen, West Colang and Mast Hope, and elaborate resort hotels soon were developed nearby, which often provided guides for fishing, hiking and riding in the area.
On February 5, 1865, Camp Mast surrendered, by majority vote, after being surrounded at dawn by a battalion of around 100 Union soldiers, led by Captain James Champion, of Indiana ; those who voted for surrender were quickly paroled and discharged.
Dana did not set out to write Two Years Before the Mast as a sea adventure, but to highlight how poorly common sailors were treated on ships.
Kanakas were also mentioned in the book ' Two Year's before the Mast ' by Richard Henry Dana ( 1840 ) who worked alongside him during his sea voyage from Boston to Cape Horn.
The area of Upwey was originally known as " Mast Gully " as several masts for ships were cut down in the 1850s.
" Lt. Henry D. Chads, RN, of Java, reported her surrender thus: " At 5: 50 our Colours were lowered from the Stump of the Mizen Mast and we were taken possession a little after 6.
Following RGV projects were Anaganaga Oka Roju ( 1997 ), Daud ( film ) ( 1997 ), Satya ( 1998 ), Kaun ( 1999 ), Mast ( 2000 ), Jungle ( 2000 ), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya ( 2001 ), Bhoot ( 2003 ), and Ek Hasina Thi ( 2004 ).
Other examples were the Deutschlandsender Herzberg / Elster and the Warsaw Radio Mast.
Mast and mast
* Mast aft rig, a single mast rig with a mast further back than a sloop or cutter
* Pesochnaya TV Mast ( 195-m tall guyed tubular steel mast built in 1962, which is equipped with 6 crossbars running in 2 levels from the mast structure to the guys )
The KDUH / CH4 TV Mast was a guyed TV mast constructed near Hemingford in 1969 for TV transmitting, and stood high, at.
File: 2008-07-28 Mast radiator. jpg | A mast radiator antenna for an AM radio station in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Eldorado do Sul RBS Radio Mast, a mast radiator in Eldorado do Sul, Brazil, is a nearly perfect replica of Warsaw Radio Mast with 35. 5 % of its height.
* Mast step-A socket, often strengthened, to take the downward thrust of the mast and hold it in position.
Image: Harlech Castle Half Mast HMQM. jpg | Harlech Castle with flags at half mast after death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002
Kryvyi Rih TV Mast is a 185m tall guyed tubular steel mast built in 1960, which carries in 2 levels 3 crossbars, which run from the mast structure to the guys.
In addition to red, white and green running lights, a combination of red, white and green Mast Lights placed on a mast higher than all the running lights, and viewable from all directions, may be used to indicate the type of craft or the service it is performing.
File: Mast in Kuhmoinen 2. jpg | A mast in Kuhmoinen
KFVS TV Mast ( also Raycom America Tower Cape Girardeau ) is a guyed mast that is 1677 feet ( 511. 1 m ) tall.
* Mast stepping: The process of raising the mast.
A gooseneck swivel connection holding the Boom ( sailing ) | boom to the Mast ( sailing ) | mast on a typical small yacht.
The TVP Katowice Mast which it replaced was a 225 metre-high guyed steel framework mast with triangular cross section near Katowice, Poland.
* Străşeni TV Mast, a 355 metres tall guyed mast for FM -/ TV-broadcasting built in 1984 – 85.
The KDUH-TV Mast was a 599 meter high guyed mast built in 1969 for TV transmitting at Hemingford, Nebraska in the US, at.
The only radio mast for longwave with a height of half a wavelength built to date was the Warsaw Radio Mast ( which did not survive ).
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