Increased Mast Cell Count in Rosacea Patients
In their study of 69 rosacea patients, researchers find that the number of mast cells was significantly higher in skin with rosacea, especially later in the disease, suggesting that the cells may be involved in the longer duration of rosacea.
Aroni K, Tsagroni E, Kavantzas N, Patsouris E, Ioannidis E. A study of the pathogenesis of rosacea: how angiogenesis and mast cells may participate in a complex multifactorial process. Archives of Dermatological Research DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-08162.
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Reviewed: Wednesday, 26 March 2008.
Further Information:
Lymphatic Involvement in Early Rosacea : Lymphangiogenesis and Angiogenesis in Non-Phymatous Rosacea : Early Rosacea Skin Inflammation, Facial Swelling and Lymphatic Involvement : Increased VEGF Expression in Rosacea : Skin Care Utilizing Vascular Epithelial Growth Factor (VEGF) : Angiogenesis and Mast Cells in Rosacea : Increased Mast Cell Count in Rosacea Patients : Association Between Rosacea Rhinophyma and Increased Mast Cells : Recent Studies Concerning Rosacea and Angiogenesis :
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