| BMMC | bone-marrow-derived mast cell |
| Ca2+ | calcium |
| CTMC | connective tissue mast cell |
| FCS | fetal calf serum |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FLMC | fetal-liver mast cell |
| FSMC | fetal-skin mast cell |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| GO | gene ontology |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MC | mast cell |
| MCP | mast cell progenitor |
| MMC | mucosal mast cell |
| PMC | peritoneal mast cell |
| PRR | pattern recognition receptor |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| SCF | stem cell factor |
| TLR | toll-like receptor |
| RT-PCR | real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MFI | mean fluorescent intensity |
| AND | anaphylactic degranulation |
| PND | piecemeal degranulation |