title: Mast cell mediator responses and their suppression by pathogenic and commensal microorganisms.
abstract: Mast cells (MCs) are selectively found at the host environment interface and are capable of secreting a wide array of pharmacologically active mediators, many of which are prepackaged in granules. Over the past two decades, it has become clear that these cells have the capacity to recognize a range of infectious agents allowing them to play a key role in initiating and modulating early immune responses to infectious agents. However, a number of pathogenic and commensal microbes appear to have evolved distinct mechanisms to suppress MC mediator release to avoid elimination in the host. Understanding how these microbes suppress MC functions may have significant therapeutic value to relieve inflammatory disorders mediated by MCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Hae Woong
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore 169857, Singapore. Electronic address: soman.abraham@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Soman N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000276:immunology; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006632:Histamine / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D057131:Immune Evasion / Q000276:immunology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D016207:Cytokines; D015777:Eicosanoids; D006632:Histamine
keywords: Anti-inflammatory; Commensal; Degranulation; Infection; Mast cell-suppression; Mast cells; Pathogen