title: Unmasking the role of mast cells in dengue.
abstract: Immune cells called mast cells can hinder rather than help the body's response to dengue virus, which suggests that mast cell products could be used as biomarkers to identify severe forms of the disease.
authors: is at the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Research Unit , Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University , Bangkok , Thailand panisadee.avi@mahidol.ac.th.
authors: Panisadee
authors: P
authors: Avirutnan
authors: Ponpan
authors: P
authors: Matangkasombut
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology*
keywords: Human; Mouse; Viruses; chymase; dengue virus; infectious disease; leukotrienes; mast cell; vascular leakage
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