“…In many of these studies, the end points assessed included the recruitment of particular immune cells, such as granulocytes 28,32,33,[57][58][59][60][61]63,64,[67][68][69][70] , DCs 62,64,65,71 or various subpopulations of lymphocytes 64,67,70,72 . Many of these studies also demonstrated that the lack of mast cells 54,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]67,69,70 or a specific mast-cell product 28,32,33,54,60,63,67,68,70 also reduced the pathology associated with the immune response or impaired its effectiveness in promoting host resistance to infection.…”