Journal article
Heterogeneity of metachromatic cells in human nose: Significance of mucosal mast cells
Abstract
The distribution and abundance of histochemically and morphologically distinct subpopulations of metachromatic cells were investigated in nasal secretions and scrapings from patients with allergic rhinitis, as well as in nasal biopsy specimens from other patients. These analyses of the metachromatic cells demonstrate that basophils and two distinct mast cell populations are present in nasal specimens. One mast cell subpopulation was analogous …
Authors
Otsuka H; Denburg J; Dolovich J; Hitch D; Lapp P; Rajan RS; Bienenstock J; Befus D
Journal
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 695–702
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 1985
DOI
10.1016/0091-6749(85)90673-6
ISSN
0091-6749