Effects of a Moderately Lower Temperature on the Proliferation and Degranulation of Rat Mast Cells

Figure 4

The effect of temperature on rat peritoneal mast cell degranulation. Rat peritoneal mast cells (RPMC) were left untreated (Con) or treated by either c48/80 or a combination of IgE and anti-IgE (IgE). In some experiments, cells were activated in the presence of the mast cell stabilizer cromolyn sodium (CS). β-Hexosaminidase (a) and histamine (b) release was measured. β-Hexosaminidase or histamine release is expressed as percent of the total (the means ± SE, , representing at least three separate experiments). ^⁎⁎.

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