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...cause of arthritis is unknown, but the researchers found that mast cells—immune cells traditionally known to trigger allergic inflammation—may release inflammatory chemicals in response to arthritis-associated signals...
...researchers tested strains of mice without mast cells and found they were resistant to arthritis...
...when mast cells were reintroduced to some of these mice, they became susceptible to the ailment...
...mast held a large square sail and a foresail; the mast was hinged at the bottom so it could be lowered...
...Lung, David Chiang and Alexander Fu Sheng, and mentored his assistant director (later action master) John Woo. When Chang died June 22, at 79, from pneumonia, the Shaw Brothers studios paid for the funeral of its most prolific, pioneering auteur. In Hong Kong, movie spirits are at half-mast...