Update on Eosinophil Interaction with Mast Cells: The Allergic Effector Unit

Roopesh Singh Gangwar, Hadas Pahima, Pier Giorgio Puzzovio, Francesca Levi-Schaffer*

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Abstract

Mast cells and eosinophils are the key effector cells of allergy [1]. In general, allergic reactions are composed of two phases, namely an early phase and a late phase, and after that resolution occurs. If the allergic reactions fail to resolve after the late phase, allergic inflammation (AI) can evolve into a chronic phase mainly involving mast cells and eosinophils that abundantly coexist in the inflamed tissue in the late and chronic phases and cross-talk in a bidirectional manner. We defined these bidirectional interactions between MCs and Eos, as the “allergic effector unit.” This cross talk is mediated by both physical cell-cell contacts through cell surface receptors such as CD48, 2B4, and respective ligands and through released mediators such as various specific granular mediators, arachidonic acid metabolites, cytokines, and chemokines [2, 3]. The allergic effector unit can be studied in vitro in a customized co-culture system using mast cells and eosinophils derived from either mouse or human sources.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages221-242
Number of pages22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2241
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

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Keywords

  • Allergic effector unit
  • BMEos
  • BMMCs
  • Co-culture
  • Mast cell-eosinophil interactions
  • Murine AEU

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