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FOOD ALLERGY AND MAST CELLS: HISTAMINE AND PHAGOCYTES
FOOD ALLERGY AND MAST CELLS: HISTAMINE AND PHAGOCYTES
One of the main chemicals to be released is called histamine -hence the use of drugs that counteract its effects, antihistamines, in the treatment of allergies. The packets of chemicals inside the resting mast cell look like small granules under the microscope, so the process of releasing the chemicals is called degranulation.
Histamine and other chemicals released by mast cells are called mediators because they bring about or 'mediate' ch... |
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