How to Use mast cell in a Sentence

mast cell

noun
  • First, mast cells branched away from the early macrophages.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • The work focused on a type of immune cell called a mast cell.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Compared to mast cells elsewhere in the body, mast cells in the gut were primed to make leukotrienes.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This process leads to the release of cortisol, other stress hormones, and mast cells.
    — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 29 June 2023
  • The antibodies hold onto white blood cells, called mast cells and basophils.
    — Maureen Langley, Post-Tribune, 3 July 2018
  • But other signals can summon mast cells, too, including pain.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Perhaps the cytokine that testosterone induces mast cells to make, interleukin-33, might one day join them.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Later, those mast cells split again, giving rise to red blood cells and prototypic T cells.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • The higher dose would more intensely target the mast cell burden that was still quite high and thus improve symptoms.
    — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026
  • In this condition, the body makes too many mast cells, a type of immune cell that triggers inflammation.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The drug was approved to treat the three different subtypes of the blood disorder, which include mast cell leukemia.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • Even once healing has occurred, the overactive mast cells don’t return to their normal resting state.
    — Sarah Graham, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This disease causes excess abnormal mast cells that build up in organ tissue.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
  • Scientists have long known that allergens can activate mast cells.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • For now, antihistamines and certain other drugs for hives can tamp down some itchiness triggered by mast cells.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Estrogen levels can influence mast cells, the white blood cells that sound the body’s alarm in response to allergens and threats.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 May 2026
  • Your symptoms largely respond to medications that block or slow the release of the chemicals found in mast cells.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Certain nutrients may even directly stabilize mast cells, the immune cells that drive hives.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2025
  • These can include antihistamines (which come in pills, nasal sprays, and eye drops), steroid nasal sprays, mast cell inhibitors, and leukotriene modifiers.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2019
  • Anderson suffers from a mast cell disorder, which means her body cannot easily regulate heat.
    — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022
  • Unlike steroids, decongestants, antihistamines, and saline sprays, this brand is a mast cell inhibitor spray.
    — Shannon Ullman, Health, 6 May 2024
  • Some evidence suggests that mast cells (a type of immune cell) release histamine when they're activated.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 26 May 2024
  • In fact, mast cells are covered in receptors for estrogen and progesterone, Wada says.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This happens because mast cells build up in your bone marrow and release chemical messengers that increase bone breakdown.
    — Brittany Dube, Health, 21 May 2026
  • Changes in temperature can activate mast cells, thereby leading to symptoms.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 15 May 2026
  • Her team went on to help create Palladia, a drug to treat mast cell tumors in dogs, and the first cancer drug specifically approved for dogs.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
  • Stress and anxiety can activate mast cells and trigger symptoms in people with ISM.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 15 May 2026
  • When your immune system detects an allergen, mast cells release histamine and other chemicals that cause your blood vessels to become a bit leaky.
    — Katie Camero, SELF, 23 Oct. 2024
  • To understand what was happening in the skin, Kaplan’s team took a deeper look at mast cells, among the immune system’s first responders.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • In the gut lining, intestinal mast cells take cues from other nearby epithelial cells, shifting activity to make more leukotrienes and less histamine.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

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