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ArticleCells2022

MRGPRX2-Mediated Degranulation of Human Skin Mast Cells Requires the Operation of G

Zhao Wang, Kristin Franke, Gürkan Bal, Zhuoran Li, Torsten Zuberbier, Magda Babina

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Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. MRGPRX2 as a novel therapeutic target in headache.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  9. Modulation of Mast Cell Activation via MRGPRX2 by Natural Oat Extract.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. IgE and non-IgE-mediated pathways in anaphylaxis.Seminars in immunopathology · 2025
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  13. Antimicrobial Peptide Signaling in Skin Diseases.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Zhao WangInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Kristin FrankeInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Gürkan BalInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-4059
Zhuoran LiInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1523-6871
Torsten ZuberbierInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1466-8875
Magda BabinaInstitute for Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4500-7615
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft BA-3769/4-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent discovery of MRGPRX2 explains mast cell (MC)-dependent symptoms independently of FcεRI-activation. Because of its novelty, signaling cascades triggered by MRGPRX2 are rudimentarily understood, especially in cutaneous MCs, by which MRGPRX2 is chiefly expressed. Here, MCs purified from human skin were used following preculture or ex vivo and stimulated by FcεRI-aggregation or MRGPRX2 agonists (compound 48/80, Substance P) in the presence/absence of inhibitors. Degranulation was assessed by β-hexosaminidase or histamine release. Phosphorylation events were studied by immunoblotting. As a G protein-coupled receptor, MRGPRX2 signals by activating G proteins; however, their nature has remained controversial. In skin MCs, G

Indexed as

Mast CellsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesCell DegranulationGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, IgEReceptors, NeuropeptideGTP-Binding ProteinsMRGPRX2 protein, humanNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, IgEReceptors, NeuropeptidedegranulationERK1/2FcεRIG proteinsMAP kinasesmast cellsMRGPRX2PI3K/AKTsignal transductionskin

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PMID35326404
PMCPMC8946553
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