Cell Biology of the Basophil

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Abstract

The cell biology of basophils, based on published studies spanning 1990-1997, is reviewed. These rarest cells of granulocyte lineages are now available in sufficient numbers for such studies to be done, based on new methods for isolating and purifying the cells from peripheral blood and organ sources and for their derivation in growth factor-containing cultures from their precursors de novo. These studies are dependent on electron microscopy for the accurate identification of basophils, studies which have recently established the presence of basophils in two new species-mice and monkeys. Secretory, endocytotic and storage properties of basophils constitute their mechanistic role(s) in human disease; their role(s) in health is, however, obscure. Development of immunoaffinity and enzyme-affinity ultrastructural labeling techniques to image the Charcot-Leyden crystal protein and histamine in human basophils, coupled with ultrastructural analysis of kinetic samples of cells obtained after stimulation with diverse secretogogues, has provided insight into the role of vesicles in secretory transport mechanisms in human basophils as well as the definition of key ultrastructural phenotypes of secreting basophils.

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