Histamine

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Histamine is a small molecule secreted bymast cells. When specific ligands bind to receptors on the mast cell surface it is released in response. Histamine causes the symptoms associated with allergic reactions such as sneezing and itching [1]

G-protein-coupled receptors are what respond to histamine. All of the G-protein coupled receptors that respond to histamine are involved with produce the inflammatory response[2].

References

  1. Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K, Walter P. (2008), Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edition, New York: Garland Science.
  2. H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter, R.J. Flower, G.Henderson (2011)fckLRRang and Dale's pharmacology, 7th edition, page 211.