Does lymphopoiesis regulate tissue mast cells?
An almost twenty-fold increase in mast cell concentration was observed in the spleens of BALB/c mice after sublethal X-irradiation. Repopulation with bone marrow cells abolished this effect.
D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000528:radiation effects; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013997:Time Factors