These results demonstrate the potential of a combined KIT/Fc?RI inhibition in the treatment of allergic diseases
These results demonstrate the potential of a combined KIT/Fc?RI inhibition in the treatment of allergic diseases. Mast cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (Malone em et al /em ., 1986, 1987; Malone and Metcalfe, 1988), and a recent study (Juurikivi em et al /em ., 2005) revealed that imatinib effectively induces…