Beyond classical immunity: Mast cells as signal converters between tissues and neurons

T Plum, TB Feyerabend, HR Rodewald - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Mast cells are regarded as effectors in immune defense against parasites and venoms and
play an essential role in the pathology of allergic diseases. More recently, mast cells have …

MRGPRX2-mediated mast cell activation by substance P from overloaded human tenocytes induces inflammatory and degenerative responses in tendons

R Mousavizadeh, CM Waugh, RG McCormack… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Mast cells are immune cells minimally present in normal tendon tissue. The increased
abundance of mast cells in tendinopathy biopsies and at the sites of tendon injury suggests …

Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells

AC Blanchard, A Maximova, T Phillips-Jones… - Developmental cell, 2024 - cell.com
Brain development is a non-linear process of regionally specific epochs occurring during
windows of sensitivity to endogenous and exogenous stimuli. We have identified an epoch …

Lower urinary dysfunction as a long-term effect of childhood vincristine treatment, with potential influences by sex and dose

N Iguchi, A Teimouri, DT Wilcox, AP Malykhina… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Vincristine (VCR) is one of the most widely used chemotherapy agents in treating pediatric
cancer. Nonetheless, it is known to cause dose-dependent neurotoxicity which can impact …

Elucidating the high compliance mechanism by which the urinary bladder fills under low pressures

F Azari, AM Robertson, Y Tobe, PN Watton… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
The high compliance of the urinary bladder during filling is essential for its proper function,
enabling it to accommodate significant volumetric increases with minimal rise in transmural …

Mas-Related G Protein-Coupled Receptor B2 Activation Mediates Bladder Wall Biomechanics

P Saxena - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Approximately 43 million men and 71 million women suffer from troublesome lower urinary
tract symptoms (LUTS) in the US alone, representing a significant public health burden …

[BOG][B] Mast Cell Independent Pseudoinflammatory Contractions of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle

BM Jones - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a family of bladder symptoms that are a major
negative driver of the quality of life of men and women who suffer from them. The …

[HENVISNING][C] Rouhollah Mousavizadeh, Charlie M. Waugh, Robert G. McCormack 2, Brian E. Cairns 3 &

A Scott - Scientific Reports, 2024