The Role of Mast Cells in Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses

Skin mast cells (MCs), a resident immune cell type with broad regulatory capacity, play an important role in sensing danger signals as well as in the control of the local immune response. It is conceivable to expect that skin MCs regulate autoimmune response and are thus involved in autoimmune disea...

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Main Authors: Xinhua Yu, Anika Kasprick, Karin Hartmann, Frank Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00386/full