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  • Title: [The role of mast cells in vascular permeability disorders in rats subjected to immobilization stress].
    Author: Gorizontova MP, Alekseev OV, Chernukh AM.
    Journal: Biull Eksp Biol Med; 1975 Mar; 79(3):22-5. PubMed ID: 236053.
    Abstract:
    Disturbances of vascular permeability were studied by the "vascular labeling" technique in the mesentry during the 24-hour immobilization of rats. Administration of dimebolin (an antihistaminic preparation) decreased the number of labeled vessels and labeling intensity. This effect was expressed in the presence of mast cells only and was accompanied by the mast cell degranulation. The authors suppose that the mast cells contain a substance preventing the disturbance of vascular permeability and released during degranulation. Such substance might be heparin. Experiments showed that small doses of heparin failed to produce such effect. These results allowed one to conclude that mast cells played a double role in the mechanisms of disturbance of vascular permeability during immobilization--the damaging (by the action of histamine and serotonine) and the protective (by the released heparin) action.
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