Mast Cells Methods and Protocols - Krishnaswamy, Guha.; Chi, David S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2005)
Overview of Mast Cell Biology -- Paul Ehrlich''s ";Mastzellen"- From Aniline Dyes to DNA Chip Arrays -- The Human Mast Cell -- Mast Cells in Allergy and Autoimmunity -- Identification of Mast Cells in Culture and in Tissue -- Analysis of MCT and MCTC Mast Cells in Tissue -- Mast Cell Ultrastructure and Staining in Tissue -- Expression of Cell Surface Antigens on Mast Cells -- Identification of Mast Cells in the Cellular Response to Myocardial Infarction -- Development of Mast Cells In Vitro -- Growth of Human Mast Cells From Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood-Derived CD34+ Pluripotent Progenitor Cells -- Culture of Human Mast Cells From Hemopoietic Progenitors -- Isolation, Culture, and Characterization of Intestinal Mast Cells -- Mast Cell Signaling and Gene Expression -- Activation of Nuclear Factor-?B -- Analysis of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation -- Microarray and Gene-Clustering Analysis -- Techniques to Study Fc?RI Signaling -- Mast Cell Expression and Release of Inflammatory Mediators of Inflammatory Mediators -- Human Mast Cell Proteases -- Mast Cell Histamine and Cytokine Assays -- Measurement of Mast Cell Cytokine Release by Multiplex Assay -- Assays for Histamine-Releasing Factors -- Assays for Nitric Oxide Expression -- Immunohistological Detection of Growth Factors and Cytokines in Tissue Mast Cells -- Mast Cell Interactions With Other Cell Types -- Endothelial Cell Activation by Mast Cell Mediators -- Co-Culture of Mast Cells With Fibroblasts -- Detection of ? Class Switching and IgE Synthesis in Human B Cells -- Novel Aspects of Mast Cell Activation and Regulation -- Gene Silencing Using Small Interference RNA in Mast Cells -- Mast Cell Activation by Lipoproteins -- Mast Cell Activation by Stress -- Roles of Mast Cells in Host Defense -- In Vivo Models for Studying Mast Cell-Dependent Responses to Bacterial Infection -- Bacterial Activation of Mast Cells -- Activation of Mast Cells by Streptolysin O and Lipopolysaccharide -- Analysis of Programmed Cell Death in Mast Cells -- Mast Cell Apoptosis.
Keywords: Immunology; Immunology