Mast cells in autoimmune disease

Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine

1999 • 3,057 citations

Gene-microarray analysis of multiple sclerosis lesions yields new targets validated in autoimmune encephalomyelitis

2002 • 1,644 citations

Mast cell modulation of neutrophil influx and bacterial clearance at sites of infection through TNF-α

1996 • 1,121 citations

Organ-Specific Disease Provoked by Systemic Autoimmunity

1996 • 880 citations

Encephalitogenic potential of the myelin basic protein peptide (amino acids 83–99) in multiple sclerosis: Results of a phase II clinical trial with an altered peptide ligand

2000 • 805 citations

Mast Cells: A Cellular Link Between Autoantibodies and Inflammatory Arthritis

2002 • 764 citations

Signalling through the high-affinity IgE receptor FcεRI

1999 • 730 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF THE PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE, OSTEOPONTIN, ON AUTOIMMUNE DEMYELINATING DISEASE

2002 • 729 citations

Arthritis Critically Dependent on Innate Immune System Players

2002 • 694 citations

The kit Ligand, Stem Cell Factor

1993 • 653 citations

Arthritis Provoked by Linked T and B Cell Recognition of a Glycolytic Enzyme

1999 • 620 citations

Multiple sclerosis: a two-stage disease

2001 • 602 citations

A passive transfer model of the organ-specific autoimmune disease, bullous pemphigoid, using antibodies generated against the hemidesmosomal antigen, BP180.

1993 • 583 citations

Essential Role of Neutrophils in the Initiation and Progression of a Murine Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis

2001 • 583 citations

Induction of a non-encephalitogenic type 2 T helper-cell autoimmune response in multiple sclerosis after administration of an altered peptide ligand in a placebo-controlled, randomized phase II trial

2000 • 506 citations

Myelin Basic Protein–specific T Helper 2 (Th2) Cells Cause Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Immunodeficient Hosts Rather than Protect Them from the Disease

1997 • 433 citations

Mast Cells Are Essential for Early Onset and Severe Disease in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis

2000 • 427 citations

Mast cells in innate immunity

2000 • 403 citations

Mast cells as sentinels of innate immunity

1999 • 394 citations

Protective Roles of Mast Cells Against Enterobacterial Infection Are Mediated by Toll-Like Receptor 4

2001 • 373 citations

The diverse potential effector and immunoregulatory roles of mast cells in allergic disease

2000 • 361 citations

Regulation of high-affinity IgE receptor-mediated mast cell activation by murine low-affinity IgG receptors.

1995 • 359 citations

Critical Roles for Interleukin 1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor α in Antibody-induced Arthritis

2002 • 327 citations

The role of complement in experimental bullous pemphigoid.

1995 • 295 citations

Neutrophil Recruitment by Tumor Necrosis Factor from Mast Cells in Immune Complex Peritonitis

1992 • 285 citations

Impaired mast cell-dependent natural immunity in complement C3-deficient mice

1997 • 283 citations

A major role for neutrophils in experimental bullous pemphigoid.

1997 • 246 citations

Identification, purification, and characterization of a mast cell-associated cytolytic factor related to tumor necrosis factor.

1987 • 245 citations

Variable expression of Toll-like receptor in murine innate and adaptive immune cell lines

2002 • 241 citations

Mast cell–T cell interactions

1999 • 224 citations

Mast cells play a key role in neutrophil recruitment in experimental bullous pemphigoid

2001 • 222 citations

Articular mastocytosis in rheumatoid arthritis

1984 • 210 citations

Elevated mast cell tryptase in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients

1995 • 195 citations

An unexpected version of horror autotoxicus: anaphylactic shock to a self-peptide

2001 • 187 citations

Morphologic and Functional Evidence for Release of Mast-Cell Products in Bullous Pemphigoid

1978 • 186 citations

A Dominant Role for Mast Cell Fc Receptors in the Arthus Reaction

1996 • 169 citations

Mast cell activation and its relation to proinflammatory cytokine production in the rheumatoid lesion

1999 • 151 citations

A Comparison of Mediators Released or Generated by IFN-γ-Treated Human Mast Cells Following Aggregation of FcγRI or FcεRI

2001 • 103 citations

Mast cells in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: characterization, distribution in the CNS and in vitro activation by myelin basic protein and neuropeptides

1994 • 98 citations

An Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor Present in Blister Fluids of Bullous Pemphigoid Patients

1976 • 97 citations

The beta2-adrenergic agonist salbutamol is a potent suppressor of established collagen-induced arthritis: mechanisms of action.

1999 • 97 citations

The role of mast cells in the elicitation of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.

1989 • 92 citations

The β2-Adrenergic Agonist Salbutamol Is a Potent Suppressor of Established Collagen-Induced Arthritis: Mechanisms of Action

1999 • 85 citations

Unlocking the immunological mechanisms of orbital inflammation in thyroid eye disease

2002 • 79 citations

Mechanisms underlying mast cell influence on EAE disease course

2002 • 69 citations

Demonstration of mast cell chemotactic activity in synovial fluid from rheumatoid patients

2001 • 55 citations

High histamine level in the blister fluid of bullous pemphigoid

1984 • 46 citations

The role of mast cells in antigen induced arthritis in mice.

1988 • 42 citations

Delayed Onset of Experimental Allergic Neuritis in Rats Treated with Reserpine

1984 • 40 citations

Mercuric chloride-induced vasculitis in the Brown Norway rat: alpha beta T cell-dependent and -independent phases: role of the mast cell.

1997 • 40 citations

MECHANISMS OF IMMUNOLOGIC INJURY OF RAT PERITONEAL MAST CELLS

1966 • 36 citations

Treatment of experimental allergic neuritis with nedocromil sodium

1989 • 36 citations

Localization of vascular endothelial growth factor in synovial membrane mast cells: examination with ”multi-labelling subtraction immunostaining"

1998 • 34 citations

Mast cell derangement in salivary glands in patients with Sjögren's syndrome

2000 • 16 citations

Autoimmunity in chronic urticaria and urticarial vasculitis

2001 • 13 citations

Characterization of a T-cell-derived mast cell costimulatory activity (MCA) that acts synergistically with interleukin 3 and interleukin 4 on the growth of murine mast cells

1990 • 9 citations