The Mast Cell A Multifunctional Effector Cell /

• Main Author: Ribatti, Domenico (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Cancer research.; Immunology.; Human genetics.; Molecular biology.; Cell biology.; Medicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.; Molecular Medicine.; Cell Biology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

This book covers the most important aspects of Mast Cell Biology. It enables the reader to immerse in the new aspects of Mast Cells biology, which are no longer seen as an immunological effector cell, but a multi-functional efector cell. One which have roles that expands beyond the immunological rea...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Mast cell ontogeny
• Staining of mast cells
• Mast cells heterogeneity
• Mast cell biology and functions
• Mast cells in arteriogenesis
• Mast cells in primary systemic vasculitides
• Mast cells in blood-brain barrier alterations and neurodegenerative diseases
• Mast cells and basophils: a link between angiogenesis and inflammation in allergic diseases
• Mast cells in tumor fate
• Mast cells in tumor angiogenesis and lymphoangiogenesis
• Mast cells as therapeutic target in cancer
• Index.