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Tryptase as a polyfunctional component of mast cells

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Mast cells are haematopoietic cells that arise from pluripotent precursors of the bone marrow. They play immunomodulatory roles in both health and disease. When appropriately activated, mast cells undergo degranulation, and preformed granule compounds are rapidly released into the surroundings. In many cases, the effects that mast cells have on various inflammatory settings are closely associated with the enzymatic characteristics of tryptase, the main granule compound of mast cells. Tryptase degranulation is often linked with the development of an immune response, allergy, inflammation, and remodelling of tissue architecture. Tryptase also represents an informative diagnostic marker of certain diseases and a prospective target for pharmacotherapy. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge about mast cell tryptase as one of the mast cell secretome proteases. The main points of the reviewed publications are highlighted with our microscopic images of mast cell tryptases visualized using immunohistochemical staining.

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  1. Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Voronezh N. N. Burdenko State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia

    Dmitri Atiakshin

  2. Institute for Hematopathology, Fangdieckstr. 75a, 22547, Hamburg, Germany

    Igor Buchwalow, Vera Samoilova & Markus Tiemann

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Atiakshin, D., Buchwalow, I., Samoilova, V. et al. Tryptase as a polyfunctional component of mast cells. Histochem Cell Biol 149, 461–477 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-018-1659-8

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