Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue

Immune cells called mast cells can hinder rather than help the body's response to dengue virus, which suggests that mast cell products could be used as biomarkers to identify severe forms of the disease.

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Main Authors: Panisadee Avirutnan, Ponpan Matangkasombut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2013-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/00767
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Ponpan Matangkasombut
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description Immune cells called mast cells can hinder rather than help the body's response to dengue virus, which suggests that mast cell products could be used as biomarkers to identify severe forms of the disease.
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spelling doaj.art-dd57bb426a094c0d9201552d109cc89c2022-12-22T03:52:43ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2013-04-01210.7554/eLife.00767Unmasking the role of mast cells in denguePanisadee Avirutnan0Ponpan Matangkasombut1the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailandthe Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandImmune cells called mast cells can hinder rather than help the body's response to dengue virus, which suggests that mast cell products could be used as biomarkers to identify severe forms of the disease.https://elifesciences.org/articles/00767mast cellvascular leakagedengue viruschymaseleukotrienesinfectious disease
spellingShingle Panisadee Avirutnan
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Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
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mast cell
vascular leakage
dengue virus
chymase
leukotrienes
infectious disease
title Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
title_full Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
title_fullStr Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
title_full_unstemmed Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
title_short Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
title_sort unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue
topic mast cell
vascular leakage
dengue virus
chymase
leukotrienes
infectious disease
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/00767
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