A protease activated receptor-2 (PAR-2)
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Hashem N Alshurafa; Grant R Stenton; John L Wallace; Morley D Hollenberg; A Dean
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Article
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2004
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Mast cell (MC)-derived serine proteases have been implicated in a variety of inflammatory processes. We have previously shown that rat peritoneal MC (PMC) express mRNA for protease activated receptor 2 (PAR-2), a G-coupled receptor activated by trypsin-like proteases. Recent evidence