Mast cells are a major source of basic fibroblast growth factor in chronic inflammation and cutaneous hemangioma.

Cell surface, heparin-like molecules are required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to its high affinity receptor

1991 • 2,437 citations

THE HEPARIN-BINDING (FIBROBLAST) GROWTH FACTOR FAMILY OF PROTEINS

1989 • 1,948 citations

Macrophages and angiogenesis

1994 • 1,123 citations

Heparin protects basic and acidic FGF from inactivation

1986 • 856 citations

Endothelial cell-derived heparan sulfate binds basic fibroblast growth factor and protects it from proteolytic degradation.

1988 • 810 citations

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

1988 • 749 citations

Immunolocalization of cytokines in the nasal mucosa of normal and perennial rhinitic subjects. The mast cell as a source of IL-4, IL-5, and IL-6 in human allergic mucosal inflammation.

1993 • 561 citations

KP1: a new monoclonal antibody that detects a monocyte/macrophage associated antigen in routinely processed tissue sections.

1989 • 485 citations

Increased basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) immunoreactivity at the site of focal brain wounds

1988 • 382 citations

Interaction of heparin with human basic fibroblast growth factor: Protection of the angiogenic protein from proteolytic degradation by a glycosaminoglycan

1989 • 304 citations

Increased Dermal Mast Cell Populations in Progressive Systemic Sclerosis: A Link in Chronic Fibrosis?

1985 • 251 citations

Articular mastocytosis in rheumatoid arthritis

1984 • 210 citations

Mast cells in hemangiomas and vascular malformations.

1982 • 207 citations

Local Proliferation of Fibroblast‐Like Synoviocytes Contributes to Synovial Hyperplasia

1994 • 201 citations

Monospecific antibodies implicate basic fibroblast growth factor in normal wound repair.

1989 • 199 citations

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

1990 • 182 citations

The mast cell in health and disease

1990 • 170 citations

Mast cell numbers in rheumatoid synovial tissues

1987 • 150 citations

Mast cells and angiogenesis.

1992 • 150 citations

Cytokine mRNA levels in rat ocular tissues after systemic endotoxin treatment.

1994 • 140 citations

Mast-cell-mediated angiogenesis: a novel experimental model using the rat mesentery

1986 • 138 citations

Nonspecific staining of mast cells by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complexes (ABC).

1983 • 135 citations

Mast cell-dependent amplification of an immunologically nonspecific inflammatory response. Mast cells are required for the full expression of cutaneous acute inflammation induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate.

1988 • 127 citations

Macrophage production of basic fibroblast growth factor in the fibroproliferative disorder of alveolar fibrosis after lung injury.

1993 • 115 citations

Characterization and functional studies of rheumatoid synovial mast cells: Activation by secretagogues, anti‐IgE, and a histamine‐releasing lymphokine

1986 • 100 citations

Alveolar macrophage stimulation of lung fibroblast growth in asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

1986 • 79 citations

Mast Cell Cytokines in Allergy and Inflammation

1993 • 69 citations

Immunofluorescent Staining for Mast Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Quantification and Evidence for Extracellular Release of Mast Cell Tryptase

1992 • 68 citations

Quantitative angiogenesis in spreads of intact rat mesenteric windows

1990 • 63 citations

Angiogenesis Induced by Mast Cell Secretion in Rat Peritoneal Connective Tissue Is a Process of Three Phases

1994 • 58 citations

Mast-cell secretion and angiogenesis, a quantitative study in rats and mice

1989 • 58 citations

Comparison of alveolar and interstitial macrophages in fibroblast stimulation after silica and long or short asbestos.

1991 • 57 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor in Dupuytren's contracture.

1992 • 54 citations

The role of mast cells in inflammatory responses in the lung.

1993 • 52 citations

Immunoreactivity of normal and neoplastic human tissue mast cells with macrophage-associated antibodies, with special reference to the recently developed monoclonal antibody PG-M1

1993 • 52 citations

Growth factors bFGF and TGB beta accelerate the rate of wound repair in normal and in diabetic rats.

1988 • 49 citations

Roles of mast cell tryptase and chymase in airway function

1989 • 46 citations

Mast Cells Are Essential for the Full Development of Silica-induced Pulmonary Inflammation: A Study with Mast Cell-deficient Mice

1993 • 44 citations

Histochemical and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of Mast Cells in Nasal Polyps

1992 • 43 citations

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

1988 • 42 citations

The Structure and Airway Biology of Mast Cell Proteinases

1991 • 40 citations

Functional heterogeneity of mast cells isolated from different microenvironments within nasal polyp tissue

1994 • 39 citations

Mast Cells Modulate Acute Ozone-induced Inflammation of the Murine Lung

1993 • 33 citations

Human dermal fibroblasts express multiple bFGF and aFGF proteins

1991 • 32 citations

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

1988 • 29 citations

Immunolocalization of heparinbinding growth factors (HBGF) types 1 and 2 in rat liver. Selective hyperexpression of HBGF‐2 in carbon tetrachloride‐induced fibrosis

1993 • 29 citations

Cytokine regulation of lung fibroblast proliferation. Pulmonary and systemic changes in asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

1986 • 25 citations

Immunolocalization of basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor-A during adjuvant arthritis in the Lewis rat.

1994 • 21 citations

Increased angiogenesis in diabetes

1990 • 20 citations

Mast cell biochemical and functional heterogeneity.

1991 • 17 citations

Immunoreactivity of human tissue mast cells: nonspecific binding of primary antibodies against regulatory peptides by ionic linkage.

1990 • 15 citations