Mast Cell Biology

Section I. Introduction

1. Mast Cell Biology: Introduction and Overview
Alasdair M. Gilfillan, Sarah J. Austin, Dean D. Metcalfe

Section II. Mast Cell Development and Homeostasis

2. Mast Cell Progenitor Trafficking and Maturation
Jenny Hallgren, Michael F. Gurish

3. Monomeric IgE and Mast Cell Development, Survival and Function
Jun-ichi Kashiwakura, Iris M. Otani, Toshiaki Kawakami

4. Mast Cell Apoptosis and Survival
Maria Ekoff, Gunnar Nilsson

Section III. Mast Cell Activation

5. Regulators of Ca2+ Signaling in Mast Cells: Potential Targets for Treatment of Mast Cell-Related Diseases?
Hong-Tao Ma, Michael A. Beaven

6. Spatio-Temporal Signaling in Mast Cells
Bridget S. Wilson, Janet M. Oliver, Diane S. Lidke

7. The Mechanisms of Exocytosis in Mast Cells
Ulrich Blank

8. An Emerging Role for the Lipid Mediator Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Mast Cell Effector Function and Allergic Disease
Ana Olivera, Juan Rivera

9. Down-Regulation of Mast Cell Responses through ITIM Containing Inhibitory Receptors
Laila Karra, Francesca Levi-Schaffer

Section IV. Mast Cells in Health and Disease

10. The Mast Cell in Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Christopher P. Shelburne, Soman N. Abraham

11. Mast Cells and Immunoregulation/Immunomodulation
Mindy Tsai, Michele Grimbaldeston, Stephen J. Galli

12. Mast Cell Proteases as Protective and Inflammatory Mediators
George H. Caughey

13. Mast Cells in Lung Inflammation
Elena P. Moiseeva, Peter Bradding

14. Mast Cells, Angiogenesis and Cancer
Domenico Ribatti, Enrico Crivellato

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Cell Biology