High Levels of IgE in Rheumatoid Patients as well as Allergic Patients

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" . . . allergic and autoimmune responses. Both are considered hypersensitivity

responses "

" Although mast cells have long been recognized as central players in allergy,

only recently has their role in autoimmunity become apparent. Because of the

commonalities of these responses, much of what we have learned about the

underlying mast cell-dependent mechanisms of inflammatory damage in allergy and

asthma can be used to understand autoimmunity. "