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A procedure for isolating pure mast cells has been developed using Ficoll gradient centrifugation. A final purity of greater than 95% was achieved with a yield of about 75%. Non-specific release of histamine was very low (less than 1%) and the cells behaved normally to both artificial and natural histamine liberators.
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