Effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and other fibroblast-derived growth factors on immature human mast cells (HMC-1).

Identification of mutations in the coding sequence of the proto-oncogene c-kit in a human mast cell leukemia cell line causing ligand-independent activation of c-kit product.

1993 • 835 citations

Establishment of an immature mast cell line from a patient with mast cell leukemia

1988 • 749 citations

Mast cells synthesize, store, and release nerve growth factor.

1994 • 667 citations

Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

1987 • 555 citations

Enhanced expression of a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene in human lung cancers.

1987 • 549 citations

Human β-nerve growth factor gene sequence highly homologous to that of mouse

1983 • 486 citations

Induction of differentiation of human mast cells from bone marrow and peripheral blood mononuclear cells by recombinant human stem cell factor/kit-ligand in long-term culture

1992 • 436 citations

Disruption of NGF binding to the low affinity neurotrophin receptor p75LNTR reduces NGF binding to TrkA on PC12 cells

1994 • 397 citations

Lymphoid and myeloid differentiation of single human CD34+, HLA-DR+, CD38- hematopoietic stem cells

1994 • 314 citations

High affinity nerve growth factor binding displays a faster rate of association than p140trk binding. Implications for multi-subunit polypeptide receptors.

1994 • 313 citations

c-kit ligand: a unique potentiator of mediator release by human lung mast cells.

1992 • 275 citations

Phenotypic Characterization of the Human Mast‐Cell Line HMC‐1

1994 • 259 citations

Refinements in the automated fluorometric histamine analysis system

1975 • 246 citations

Nerve growth factor promotes human hemopoietic colony growth and differentiation.

1988 • 241 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 mediates mast cell chemotaxis.

1994 • 223 citations

Transforming growth factor beta 1 selectively regulates early murine hematopoietic progenitors and inhibits the growth of IL-3-dependent myeloid leukemia cell lines.

1988 • 222 citations

Human mast cells express functional TrkA and are a source of nerve growth factor

1997 • 211 citations

Cloning and characterization of complementary DNA for human tryptase.

1989 • 207 citations

Nerve growth factor production by lymphocytes.

1994 • 199 citations

The Role of Mast Cells in Inflammatory Processes: Evidence for Nerve/Mast Cell Interactions

1987 • 196 citations

Expression and Function of Nerve Growth Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Receptor on Cultured Keratinocytes

1994 • 188 citations

Immunohistochemical identification of mast cells in formaldehyde‐fixed tissue using monoclonal antibodies specific for tryptase

1990 • 182 citations

Monoclonal antibody YB5.B8 identifies the human c-kit protein product

1991 • 160 citations

Electron microscopical evidence for a direct contact between nerve fibres and mast cells

1981 • 156 citations

Effects of nerve growth factor on rat peritoneal mast cells. Survival promotion and immediate-early gene induction.

1994 • 153 citations

Nerve growth factor induces mast cell degranulation without changing intracellular calcium levels

1986 • 142 citations

Biological Activities of Fibroblast Growth Factors

1991 • 135 citations

THE RECEPTORS FOR NERVE GROWTH FACTOR AND OTHER NEUROTROPHINS

1993 • 126 citations

Mediation of NGF-stimulated extracellular matrix invasion by the human melanoma low-affinity p75 neurotrophin receptor: melanoma p75 functions independently of trkA.

1993 • 122 citations

The role of mast cell degranulation products in mast cell hyperplasia. I. Mechanism of action of nerve growth factor.

1990 • 118 citations

Quantitation of tryptase, chymase, Fc epsilon RI alpha, and Fc epsilon RI gamma mRNAs in human mast cells and basophils by competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

1995 • 114 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates myelopoiesis in long-term human bone marrow cultures

1991 • 112 citations

Human skin tryptase: purification, partial characterization and comparison with human lung tryptase

1988 • 91 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 selectively inhibits IL-3-dependent mast cell proliferation without affecting mast cell function or differentiation.

1989 • 67 citations

Tissue Localization of Nerve Growth Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Receptors

1991 • 63 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta prevents stem cell factor-mediated rescue of mast cells from apoptosis after IL-3 deprivation.

1994 • 60 citations

Murine Granulocyte-Macrophage and Mast Cell Colony Formation Promoted by Nerve Growth Factor

1993 • 56 citations

Phenotypic evaluation of cultured human mast and basophilic cells and of normal human skin mast cells

1994 • 55 citations

Recombinant human β‐nerve growth factor (NGF): Biological activity and properties in an enzyme immunoassay

1990 • 54 citations

Detection of Human Papillomaviruses in Paraffin-Embedded Condylomata Acuminata—Comparison of Immunohistochemistry, In Situ Hybridization, and Polymerase Chain Reaction

1991 • 52 citations

Release of Stem Cell Factor from a Human Keratinocyte Line, HaCaT, Is Increased in Differentiating versus Proliferating Cells

1996 • 51 citations

Nerve growth factor and mast cell distribution in the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis.

1993 • 47 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor counteracts the suppressive effect of transforming growth factor-beta 1 on human myeloid progenitor cells

1993 • 45 citations

Development of human connective tissue mast cells from purified blood monocytes.

1984 • 45 citations

Mast cells in the cytokine network: the what, where from and what for

1995 • 25 citations

Interleukin‐4 and nerve growth factor can act as cofactors for interleukin‐3‐induced histamine production in human umbilical cord blood cells in serum‐free culture

1992 • 18 citations

Human Keratinocytes Release Mast Cell Differentiation Factors Other than Stem Cell Factor

1995 • 17 citations

Effect of platelet-derived growth factor on enriched populations of haemopoietic progenitors from patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia

1987 • 11 citations

mRNA Variants Encoding Multiple Forms of the High-Affinity IgE Receptor Alpha Subunit in Transformed and Nontransformed Mast Cells

1991 • 7 citations

In vivo studies of factors influencing mast cell numbers in rat skin

1991 • 2 citations