Christianne Bandeira-Melo et al.
Journal of immunological methods, 276(1-2), 227-237 (2003-05-10)
Eosinophils contain several preformed cytokines within their specific granules. Therefore, without requiring them in de novo synthesis of cytokines, eosinophils can release quantities of granule-derived cytokines by highly regulated mechanisms. However, eosinophil "degranulation" is poorly understood, in part, because available