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Effect of Injections of Œstrogen on the Mast Cells of the White Mouse

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THERE is no agreement on the connexion which may exist between mast cells and the function of endocrine glands. It is known that the number of mast cells increases during hypothyroidism1 and becomes normal in the hypothyroid subjects treated with thyroxin; it is also known that the number of mast cells in the rat and in the white mouse undergoes, under the influence of cortisone, a considerable increase, particularly in the interlobular connective tissue of the thymus, in the lymph nodes and in the bone-marrow2. A study of the behaviour of mast cells during other modifications of the endocrine equilibrium should thus be opportune.

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ARVY, L. Effect of Injections of Œstrogen on the Mast Cells of the White Mouse. Nature 175, 506 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175506a0

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