“…They cause increased vascular permeability, upregulate adhesion molecule expression on endothelial cells and neutrophils, and attract and activate these phagocytes. Furthermore, they activate basophilic granulocytes and mast cells: these cells release a variety of vasoactive compounds (such as histamine), facilitating the invasion of phagocytes (116,223,280,370,434,457,521,550).…”