
Mast cell activators as novel immune regulators.
Mast cells are an important cell type of the innate immune system that when activated, play a crucial role in generating protective innate host responses after bacterial and viral infection. Additionally, activated mast cells influence lymph node composition to regulate the induction of adaptive immune responses. The recognition that mast cells play a beneficial role in host responses to microbial infection and induction of adaptive immunity has provided the rationale to evaluate mast cell activators for use as antimicrobials or vaccine adjuvants. This review summarizes the role of mast cell activators in antimicrobial responses while also discussing the use of different classes of mast cell activators as potent vaccine adjuvants that enhance the induction of protective immune responses.
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- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
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- Immunomodulation
- Immunologic Factors
- Immunity, Innate
- Humans
- Bacterial Infections
- Antigen Presentation
- Anti-Infective Agents
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- Models, Animal
- Mast Cells
- Immunomodulation
- Immunologic Factors
- Immunity, Innate
- Humans
- Bacterial Infections
- Antigen Presentation
- Anti-Infective Agents