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  2. Histamine - Wikipedia

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    Mastocytosis is a rare disease in which there is a proliferation of mast cells that produce excess histamine. [43] Histamine intolerance is a presumed set of adverse reactions (such as flush, itching, rhinitis, etc.) to ingested histamine in food. The mainstream theory accepts that there may exist adverse reactions to ingested histamine, but ...

  3. Serotonin - Wikipedia

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    Serotonin is produced in the central nervous system (CNS), specifically in the brainstem's raphe nuclei, the skin's Merkel cells, pulmonary neuroendocrine cells and the tongue's taste receptor cells. Approximately 90% of the serotonin the human body produces is in the gastrointestinal tract 's enterochromaffin cells , where it regulates ...

  4. Mast cell - Wikipedia

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    A mast cell (also known as a mastocyte or a labrocyte [1]) is a resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin.Specifically, it is a type of granulocyte derived from the myeloid stem cell that is a part of the immune and neuroimmune systems.

  5. Enterochromaffin-like cell - Wikipedia

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    Enterochromaffin-like cells or ECL cells are a type of neuroendocrine cell found in the gastric glands of the gastric mucosa beneath the epithelium, in particular in the vicinity of parietal cells, that aid in the production of gastric acid via the release of histamine.

  6. Gastric acid - Wikipedia

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    Gastric acid or stomach acid is the acidic component – hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, produced by parietal cells in the gastric glands of the stomach lining. In humans, the pH is between one and three, much lower than most other animals, but is very similar to that of carrion eating carnivores , needing protection from ingesting pathogens .

  7. Histidine decarboxylase - Wikipedia

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    The enzyme histidine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.22, HDC) is transcribed on chromosome 15, region q21.1-21.2, and catalyzes the decarboxylation of histidine to form histamine.In mammals, histamine is an important biogenic amine with regulatory roles in neurotransmission, gastric acid secretion and immune response.

  8. Histamine intolerance - Wikipedia

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    The manifestations of histamine intolerance are usually systemic, affecting the entire body; still, these symptoms are often sporadic and non-specific. [5] [6] [7] The onset of symptoms is usually shortly (within a few hours) after specific food or drink consumption, and subsequent remission usually happens in 4-8 weeks of dieting, [8] that is excluding food that causes the onset of symptoms.

  9. Phases of digestion - Wikipedia

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    1) In the body of the stomach, the vagal postganglionic muscarinic nerves release acetylcholine (ACh) which stimulates parietal cell H+ secretion. 2) In the lamina propria of the body of the stomach the ACh released from the vagal endings triggers histamine secretion from ECL cells. Histamine also stimulates H+ secretion from parietal cells.