peekay Forum Guru
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| | 04/22/04 - 01:44 PM  
 
   
 
|   #1 |
DEGRANULATION INCLUDE?
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| Bela Forum Guru

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| | 04/22/04 - 04:25 PM  
 
   
 
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Histamine Heparin Eosinoph Chemotactic Factor (this is what accounts for Type 1 hypersensitivity) Drug that prevents degranulation of mast cells is????? 
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| piter Forum Elite
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| | 04/22/04 - 04:32 PM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
cromolyn, nedocromil
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| Idiopathic Forum Guru
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| | 04/22/04 - 04:34 PM  
 
   
 
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What specifically causes MC degranulation?
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| rida Forum Guru
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| | 04/23/04 - 08:23 PM  
 
   
 
|   #5 |
IgE binding to mast cells that have Fc receptor for epsilon heavy chain leada to bridging of two IgE molecules on cell membranes causing release of granules.
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| Idiopathic Forum Guru
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| | 04/23/04 - 11:35 PM  
 
   
 
|   #6 |
Very good...'cross-linking of IgE on the mast cell surface' would have been acceptable also
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| Malaysian Forum Guru
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| | 05/01/04 - 10:33 AM  
 
   
 
|   #7 |
i read somewhere montelukest are mast cell stabilizers too.....can anyone verify??
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| Alina T Forum Elite
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| | 05/01/04 - 11:39 AM  
 
   
 
|   #8 |
montelukast is an inhibitor of leukotriens release.....used especially in tx asthma.
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| Malaysian Forum Guru
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| | 05/01/04 - 12:07 PM  
 
   
 
|   #9 |
Thanks Alina
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| Alina T Forum Elite
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| | 05/01/04 - 01:27 PM  
 
   
 
|   #10 |
my pleasure, Malaysian! 
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