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    Degranulation is a cellular process that releases antimicrobial, cytotoxic, or other molecules from secretory vesicles called granules found inside some...
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    cell can either selectively release (piecemeal degranulation) or rapidly release (anaphylactic degranulation) "mediators", or compounds that induce inflammation...
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    major basic protein. These mediators are released by a process called degranulation following activation of the eosinophil, and are toxic to both parasite...
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    cross-links the bound IgE on sensitized cells, resulting in anaphylactic degranulation, which is the immediate and explosive release of pharmacologically active...
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    Neutrophils migrate from blood vessels to the infected tissue via chemotaxis, where they remove pathogens through phagocytosis and degranulation...
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    methods for directly attacking microorganisms: phagocytosis (ingestion), degranulation (release of soluble anti-microbials), and generation of neutrophil extracellular...
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    proinflammatory cytokines, like interferon-γ (IFNγ), TNFα, and IL-1β. Mast cell degranulation and subsequent proinflammatory cytokine release is implicated in BBB...
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    histamine increase in victim tissue – because it does not cause mast cell degranulation – and is not immunogenic. Hornets, like many social wasps, can mobilize...
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  • describing the action of very high dilutions of anti-IgE antibody on the degranulation of human basophils, findings that seemed to support the concept of homeopathy...
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    together by 3 disulfide bridges. Anaphylatoxins are able to trigger degranulation (release of substances) of endothelial cells, mast cells or phagocytes...
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