Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A positive basophil activation test result may be a prognostic factor of pediatric chronic urticaria resolution, ...

Basophils are the rarest type of white blood cell (WBC). Sometimes called granulocytes, the cells hold tiny granules full of histamine. Basophils can also trigger your allergic reaction. They can ...

Shown are the results of a hypersensitivity reaction in a volunteer who received an intradermal skin-test injection of 20 μg of keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) protein 1 week after priming with an ...

Kainat is an aspiring future doctor currently in 4th year of medical school with more than 2 years as a writer for health and wellness. Throughout her medical school, she has participated in different ...

Elevated absolute eosinophil counts and absolute basophil counts (ABC) are associated with reduced overall survival in essential thrombocythemia. In polycythemia vera, higher ABC correlates with ...

Children with peanut allergy who achieved remission with sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) had lower basophil activation before treatment and greater suppression of basophils at 1 year than those who ...

Indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is a type of mastocytosis in which fewer clonal mast cells accumulate, thereby slowing the disease course and offering a better prognosis than other, more ...

A recent study reveals the pivotal role of tristetraprolin (TTP), an RNA-binding protein, in regulating inflammatory responses in basophils, immune cells central to allergic reactions. The research ...

The BAT provides the physician with an additional instrument to diagnose drug allergy and to tailor possible safe alternatives. However, additional studies are needed before the BAT can enter ...

Big changes often happen in small steps, and it’s not always easy to see how we get from point A to point B. Now, researchers from Japan have found a new step in the process of cell differentiation ...