Gene Review:
Mcpt8 - mast cell protease 8
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
BB139338, MMCP-8, Mast cell protease 8, mMCP-8
- MMCP-8, the first lineage-specific differentiation marker for mouse basophils. Elevated numbers of potent IL-4-producing and MMCP-8-positive cells in spleens of malaria-infected mice. Poorafshar, M., Helmby, H., Troye-Blomberg, M., Hellman, L. Eur. J. Immunol. (2000)
- Murine mast cell lines as indicators of early events in mast cell and basophil development. Lunderius, C., Xiang, Z., Nilsson, G., Hellman, L. Eur. J. Immunol. (2000)
- Characterization of mouse mast cell protease-8, the first member of a novel subfamily of mouse mast cell serine proteases, distinct from both the classical chymases and tryptases. Lützelschwab, C., Huang, M.R., Kullberg, M.C., Aveskogh, M., Hellman, L. Eur. J. Immunol. (1998)
- Granzyme-like sequences in bony fish shed light on the emergence of hematopoietic serine proteases during vertebrate evolution. Wernersson, S., Reimer, J.M., Poorafshar, M., Karlson, U., Wermenstam, N., Bengtén, E., Wilson, M., Pilström, L., Hellman, L. Dev. Comp. Immunol. (2006)