Isolation of Mast Cells from Other Cellular Elements of Rat Peritoneal Fluid

1 January 1955

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 88 (1) , 29-31
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-88-21483

Abstract

A method is described for the rapid separation of mast cells from other cellular components of rat peritoneal fluid. It involves differential centrifugation in a sucrose-gelatin medium which takes advantage of the greater density of the mast cell.

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