With MCAS, mast cells activate and release these mediators frequently or excessively after exposure to one or more triggers, ...

Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, discusses his lecture “Mast Cell Tumors: The Latest and Greatest,” in an interview with ...

Factors induced during stress in the brain and/or skin, such as corticotropin-releasing hormone, neuropeptides, neurotrophins and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, can activate mast cells to ...

Previous studies have shown that when allergens trigger a specific antibody to bind with a particular immune receptor, mast cells and basophils become activated. This activation leads to the ...