| Literature DB >> 19826448 |
Francesca Levi-Schaffer1, Ron Eliashar.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19826448 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.256
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551