Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that at the time of total knee replacement, women have significantly increased levels of immune cells called mast cells in synovial ...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that at the time of total knee replacement, women have significantly increased levels of ...
For many patients with diverse and seemingly unrelated symptoms, obtaining an accurate diagnosis can take years of specialist visits and inconclusive tests. Mast cell activation syndrome, a disorder ...
Each year, more than 400 million urinary tract infections occur in people around the globe. And researchers have long been puzzled by a medical mystery: Some women susceptible to recurrent UTIs ...
Mast cells are a crucial part of our immune defenses against bacteria, some parasites and venoms, but they are also key players in allergic reactions, in which inflammatory mediators, such as ...
The function of mast cells, which are part of the immune system, is still a mystery. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now shown in mice: mast cells function as a sensor that ...