Recent advances in our understanding of mast cell activation–or should it be mast cell mediator disorders?

TC Theoharides, I Tsilioni, H Ren - Expert review of clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: An increasing number of patients present with multiple symptoms affecting
many organs including the brain due to multiple mediators released by mast cells. These …

Mast cell activation: beyond histamine and tryptase

TC Theoharides, AI Perlman, A Twahir… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Mast cells are found in all tissues and express numerous surface receptors
allowing them to sense and respond to allergic, autoimmune, environmental …

Mast cells in stress, pain, blood-brain barrier, neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

D Kempuraj, S Mentor, R Thangavel… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mast cell activation plays an important role in stress-mediated disease pathogenesis.
Chronic stress cause or exacerbate aging and age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases …

The impact of psychological stress on mast cells

TC Theoharides - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Atopic diseases worsen with psychological stress, but how stress contributes to
their pathogenesis is still not clear. We review the evidence supporting the premise that …

[PDF][PDF] Interleukin-1 family cytokines and mast cells: activation and inhibition

CE Gallenga, F Pandolfi, A Caraffa… - J Biol Regul Homeost …, 2019 - researchgate.net
This editorial focuses on recent progress reports on mast cells (MCs) and IL-1-family
cytokines in the dynamics of inflammation. MCs are cells of haematopoietic derivation that …

Microglia and mast cells generate proinflammatory cytokines in the brain and worsen inflammatory state: Suppressor effect of IL-37

P Conti, D Lauritano, A Caraffa, CE Gallenga… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brain microglia cells are responsible for recognizing foreign bodies and act by activating
other immune cells. Microglia react against infectious agents that cross the blood-brain …

The potential role of B5: A stitch in time and switch in cytokine

AA Gheita, TA Gheita, SA Kenawy - Phytotherapy Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The wound healing process is a multifaceted sequence of activities associated with tissue
restoration. Novel approaches for the perfection of wound healing have been determined as …

Ixodes scapularis nymph saliva protein blocks host inflammation and complement-mediated killing of Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi

E Bencosme-Cuevas, TK Kim, TT Nguyen… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tick serine protease inhibitors (serpins) play crucial roles in tick feeding and pathogen
transmission. We demonstrate that Ixodes scapularis (Ixs) nymph tick saliva serpin (S) 41 …

Targeting certain interleukins as novel treatment options for liver fibrosis

SY An, AD Petrescu, S DeMorrow - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The liver is a major metabolic organ and an immunologically complex organ. It produces
and uses many substances such as acute phase proteins, cytokines, chemokines, and …

IL-37 inhibits the maturation of dendritic cells through the IL-1R8-TLR4-NF-κB pathway

T Liu, J Liu, Y Lin, B Que, C Chang, J Zhang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mature dendritic cells (DCs) play a pathogenic role in atherosclerosis. Our previous study
demonstrated that exogenous interleukin (IL)-37 suppresses the maturation of DCs, induces …