Tag: allergies

Even in 2010, we were learning of the critical role of mast cells in immune defenses outside of allergic responses. N. Dietrich, M. Rohde, R. Geffers, A. Kroger, H. Hauser, S. Weiss, N. O. Gekara. Mast cells elicit proinflammatory but not type I interferon responses …

Writing to a European audience, Starkl et al note that not only do 150 million Europeans now suffer from some type of allergy, but by 2025 over half of Europe will have allergies if current trends hold true.  Many would initially blame the IgE antibody …