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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Mast cells of human skin, but not lung, adenoids, tonsils, or intestine, release histamine in response to substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and somatostatin. The substance P receptor of skin mast cells is not of the NK-1, NK-2 or NK-3 subtypes of smooth muscle. Time course and calcium dependency of release by peptides differed from anti-IgE. With anti-IgE, the molar ratios of histamine:PGD2:LTC4 generated by skin mast cells was 1,000:25:2, whereas with substance P these ratios were 1,000:1:0.1. Similar results were obtained with the other neuropeptides. The ability of peptides to stimulate skin mast cell histamine release suggests a mechanism whereby their release from dermal nerve endings is coupled to changes in microvasculature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction of neuropeptides with human mast cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine I, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't