ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022
Heparin is required for the formation of granules in connective tissue mast cells.
Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- The Contribution of Mast Cells to the Regulation of Elastic Fiber Tensometry in the Skin Dermis of Children with Marfan Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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- On Connective Tissue Mast Cells as Protectors of Life, Reproduction, and Progeny.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Incomplete Thermal Ablation-Induced FOXP4-Mediated Promotion of Malignant Progression in Liver Cancer via NDST2.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2024Article
- Pentosan Polysulfate Affords Pleotropic Protection to Multiple Cells and Tissues.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Mast cells are innate immune cells strategically positioned around blood vessels near body surfaces. Their primary weapons are bioactive amines, mast cell-specific proteases, and cytokines stored in preformed granules. Mast cells granules constituents are packaged efficiently with the help of the highly negatively charged Heparan sulfate-derivative, Heparin. Heparin is one of the most widely used drugs to treat coagulation disorders, yet, it is not found in the circulation at a steady state, casting doubt that the prevention of blood clotting is its physiological function. Early studies using
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