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Figure 1. Glucocorticoids inhibit basophil-mediated but not mast
cell-mediated release of histamine upon IgE-mediated activation in
humans.
Inhibition of basophil histamine release by triamcinolone acetonide
(closed triangle), dexamethasone (open circle), 9α-fluorocortisone (open
square) and hydrocortisone (closed circle) is shown (A) (from reference
1). Incubation for 24 hours with 10-6 M dexamethasone
had no inhibitory effect on the release of histamine from anti-IgE
stimulated human lung mast cells (B). Result (B) was adapted from
reference 2.
Photo
Robert Schleimer (center) with Bruce Bochner (left) and Lawrence
Lichtenstein (right) in 2013.