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On first sight a paper on mast cell signalling processes would seem to be out of place amongst contributions which are mainly concerned with T cell receptor-ligand interactions. As I hope will become apparent, however, our observations on the manner in which IgE antibodies initiate the release of mediators of immediate-type allergy from mast cells could be more than a little relevant to a better understanding of T cell recognition and trigger processes.
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Stanworth, D.R. (1987). Use of Synthetic Peptides in the Delineation of the Role of Non-Antigen Receptors in Mast Cell Signalling Processes. In: Atassi, M.Z. (eds) Immunobiology of Proteins and Peptides IV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 225. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5442-0_18
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