title: Histamine secretion from mast cells stimulated with sodium orthovanadate.
abstract: Sodium orthovanadate was found to be an effective histamine liberator from peritoneal mast cells of the rat and mouse. The release process was slow, non-cytotoxic and strongly dependent on pH and extracellular calcium. The effect was highly tissue and species specific and human basophil leucocytes and tissue mast cells of the rat and guinea pig were only weakly responsive or essentially unreactive.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: al-Laith
authors: F L
authors: FL
authors: Pearce
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014638:Vanadates; D002118:Calcium