Human mast cells express stem cell facto
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Zhang, Shaoli; Anderson, David F.; Bradding, Peter; Coward, William R.; Baddeley
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Stem cell factor (SCF) is a major cytokine regulator of mast cell growth and function. The present study demonstrates that human mast cells are able to produce SCF. Constitutive synthesis of SCF mRNA was seen in the mast cells isolated from human lung and skin by RT-PCR. This was confirmed by in sit