Mucosal Mast Cells

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MMC
Pronunciation
/mjuˈkoʊsəl mæst sɛlz/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. There is heterogeneity to mast cells with type I or connective tissue mast cells found in the dermis and submucosa and type II or mucosal mast cells found in the bowel and respiratory tract mucosa.
  2. In the present paper, the heterogeneity of skin connective mast cells ( CTMC ) in comparison with that of gastrointestinal mucosal mast cells ( MMC ) with both toluidine blue staining and immunostaining was studied.
  3. The mRNA Expression of the Receptors for Somatostatin and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide on Rats ' Intestinal Mucosal Mast Cells(MMC)
  4. Background : It has been proven that the biological activity of intestinal mucosal mast cells ( IMMC ) can be regulated by gut polypeptides as somatostatin ( SST ) and vasoactive intestinal peptide ( VIP ).
  5. Changes on Colon Mucosal Mast Cells(MMC) of Mouse Infected with Schistosoma japonicum

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