Author | Flint, Kevin Charles. author |
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Title | Bronchoalveolar Mast Cells and Asthma [electronic resource] / by Kevin Charles Flint |
Imprint | London : Springer London, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1458-1 |
Descript | XIV, 84 p. online resource |
1 Mast Cells and the Allergic Response -- Mast Cell Activation and Mediator Release -- Mast Cell Mediators and Their Antagonists In Vivo and In Vitro -- 2 Mast Cell Heterogeneity -- Morphological Heterogeneity -- Ontogeny of Mast Cells -- Functional Differences -- 3 Superficial Mast Cells and the Asthmatic Response -- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Technique -- Human Bronchoalveolar and Dispersed Lung Mast Cells -- Morphological Heterogeneity of Human Lung Mast Cells -- Human Lung Mast Cells -- Mediator Release from Human Bronchoalveolar Mast Cells -- 4 Some Functional Properties of Human Bronchoalveolar and Dispersed Lung Mast Cells -- Histamine Content and IgE-Dependent Histamine Release -- The Effect of Anti-allergic Compounds -- Nedocromil Sodium -- Salbutamol -- Theophylline -- 5 Hyperosmolar Histamine Release from Human Lung Mast Cells: Its Relevance to Exercise-Induced Asthma -- Mannitol-Induced Histamine Release -- Increased Extracellular Osmolarity and Histamine Release -- 6 Newly Generated Mediators from Human Lung Mast Cells -- Mediator Release from Human Dispersed Lung Mast Cells -- Mediator Release from Human Bronchoalveolar Cells -- Newly Generated Mediators of Immediate Hypersensitivity -- 7 Bronchoalveolar Mast Cells and Asthma -- Extrinsic Asthma -- Intrinsic Asthma -- Effect of Corticosteroids