Human macrophages cultured on agar but not agarose resemble mast cells.

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Published in Immunology on September 01, 1989

Authors

A S Kirshenbaum1, J P Goff, D D Metcalfe

Author Affiliations

1: Mast Cell Physiology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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