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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Reber LL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414565 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
JCI insight 20170504 9
Contact hypersensitivity (CHS) is a common skin disease induced by epicutaneous sensitization to haptens. Conflicting results have been obtained regarding pathogenic versus protective roles of mast cells (MCs) in CHS, and this has been attributed in part to the limitations of certain models for studying MC functions in vivo. Here we describe a fluorescent imaging approach that enables in vivo selective labeling and tracking of MC secretory granules by real-time intravital 2-photon microscopy in ...[more]