Nathan Bill's in Springfield held a fundraiser on Saturday to support a local woman battling several autoimmune diseases.

Kounis syndrome is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with conditions associated with mast cell activation, such as allergies or hypersensitivity and anaphylactic or anaphylactoid insults ...

Mast cell mediators, histamine, tryptase and NGF, released upon activation can excite sensory nerves and promote their growth. Corticotropin-releasing hormone, sensory nerves and the number of ...

This process, known as degranulation, is essential for protection against threats such as bee venom, snake bites and pathogenic bacteria, but erroneous activation of mast cells also triggers ...