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Histamine Receptors

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Endocrine Pathology

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The name Histamine (H) indicates an amine (specifically the imidazolethylamine) present in tissues (Haas et al. 2008). H is derived from the amino acid histidine by an enzymatic conversion through the histidine decarboxylase. From the discovery in the first part of the twentieth century (was purified from ergot fungi in 1910 and subsequently from human tissues; Huang et al. 2018), and for a long time, histamine was considered a local hormone released by mast cells during the inflammatory reaction; subsequently, it became recognized as a transmitter in invertebrates and in the vertebrate brain, where histaminergic neurons are localized (Huang et al. 2018). As hormone, H plays a key role in several functions such as the control of gastric acid secretion, immunomodulation, contraction in bronchial muscle cells or vasodilatation, or the control of endothelial barrier permeability. The highest concentrations of histamine are found in the lung, the skin, and the...

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  1. Center of Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Marco Cosentino & Franca Marino

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  1. University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

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  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Service of Pathology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Silvia Uccella

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Cosentino, M., Marino, F. (2022). Histamine Receptors. In: La Rosa, S., Uccella, S. (eds) Endocrine Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62345-6_5128

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