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Mercury induces inflammatory mediator release from human mast cells

BACKGROUND: Mercury is known to be neurotoxic, but its effects on the immune system are less well known. Mast cells are involved in allergic reactions, but also in innate and acquired immunity, as well as in inflammation. Many patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have "allergic" s...

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Autores principales: Kempuraj, Duraisamy, Asadi, Shahrzad, Zhang, Bodi, Manola, Akrivi, Hogan, Jennifer, Peterson, Erika, Theoharides, Theoharis C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20222982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-7-20