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ReviewJournal of innate immunity2020

Novel Insight into the in vivo Function of Mast Cell Chymase: Lessons from Knockouts and Inhibitors.

Gunnar Pejler

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Review in Journal of innate immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Mast cell mediators in hereditary angioedema.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2026
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  12. Mast cells promote pathology and susceptibility in tuberculosis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  20. Mast cell-sensory neuron crosstalk in allergic diseases.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gunnar PejlerDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, gunnar.pejler@imbim.uu.se.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are now recognized as key players in diverse pathologies, but the mechanisms by which they contribute in such settings are only partially understood. Mast cells are packed with secretory granules, and when they undergo degranulation in response to activation the contents of the granules are expelled to the extracellular milieu. Chymases, neutral serine proteases, are the major constituents of the mast cell granules and are hence released in large amounts upon mast cell activation. Following their release, chymases can cleave one or several of a myriad of potential substrates, and the cleavage of many of these could potentially have a profound impact on the respective pathology. Indeed, chymases have recently been implicated in several pathological contexts, in particular through studies using chymase inhibitors and by the use of chymase-deficient animals. In many cases, chymase has been shown to account for mast cell-dependent detrimental effects in the respective conditions and is therefore emerging as a promising drug target. On the other hand, chymase has been shown to have protective roles in other pathological settings. More unexpectedly, chymase has also been shown to control certain homeostatic processes. Here, these findings are reviewed.

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AnimalsChymasesHomeostasisHumansImmunity, InnateMast CellsMice, KnockoutProtease InhibitorsChymasesProtease InhibitorsChymaseInhibitorsKnockoutMast cells

Identifiers

PMID32498069
PMCPMC7506261
OpenAlexW3033693043

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