Abstract
Histamine is a key mediator of allergic inflammation, primarily through competitive antagonism of binding to H1 receptors. In this issue, Weller and Maurer report that the H1 antagonist desloratadine possesses mast cell-stabilizing properties when challenged in an IgE-dependent or-independent fashion. Thus, desloratadine provides benefits that are independent of H1 receptor binding and based on mast cell stabilization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2549-2551 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Investigative Dermatology |
Volume | 129 |
Issue number | 11 |
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State | Published - Nov 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:F. Levi-Schaffer is the recipient of grant funds from the Aimwell Charitable Trust (UK), the Israel Science Foundation, and the Israel Ministry of Health. Dr Levi-Schaffer is a member of the David R Bloom Center for Pharmacy and the Dr Adolph and Klara Brettler Center for Research in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the School of Pharmacy, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.