title: Mast cells: the Jekyll and Hyde of tumor growth.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA. theoharis.theoharides@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Theoharis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Theoharides
authors.forename: Pio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002633:Chemotaxis; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF; D011920:Rats, Inbred WF; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D006133:Growth Substances; D010450:Endopeptidases