Piecemeal degranulation of basophils and mast cells is effected by vesicular transport of stored secretory granule contents.
Dvorak
Ann M
AM
Department of Pathology - East Campus, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. advorak@bidmc.harvard.edu
D000818:Animals; D001491:Basophils / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D001692:Biological Transport; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008245:Lysophospholipase; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D022161:Transport Vesicles / Q000502:physiology*
D006023:Glycoproteins; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D006632:Histamine; D008245:Lysophospholipase; C011711:lysolecithin acylhydrolase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate