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52
Citations
15940
World Ranking
16466
National Ranking
29

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Attila Mócsai is affiliated with Semmelweis University in Hungary and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their research focuses on several subfields including immunology, molecular biology, rheumatology, pathology and forensic medicine, and genetics.

Their main topics of work cover a range of specialized areas in biomedical research:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema

Mócsai has published in multiple scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Recent papers authored by or involving Attila Mócsai include:

  • Neutrophils as emerging therapeutic targets, 2020, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Osteoclast Signal Transduction During Bone Metastasis Formation, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Complement receptor 3 mediates both sinking phagocytosis and phagocytic cup formation via distinct mechanisms, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Time restricted feeding modifies leukocyte responsiveness and improves inflammation outcome, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • In Vivo Functions of Mouse Neutrophils Derived from HoxB8-Transduced Conditionally Immortalized Myeloid Progenitors, 2020, The Journal of Immunology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors including:

  • Tamás Németh
  • Zsuzsanna Helyes
  • Kata P. Szilveszter
  • Krisztina Futosi
  • Michael G. Robson

Among their recognized achievements, Attila Mócsai was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The SYK tyrosine kinase: a crucial player in diverse biological functions.

    Attila Mócsai;Jürgen Ruland;Victor L. J. Tybulewicz

  • Syk kinase signalling couples to the Nlrp3 inflammasome for anti-fungal host defence.

    Olaf Gross;Olaf Gross;Hendrik Poeck;Michael Bscheider;Catherine Dostert

  • Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice

    R. J. Lucas;S. Hattar;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Diverse novel functions of neutrophils in immunity, inflammation, and beyond

    Attila Mócsai

  • Neutrophil cell surface receptors and their intracellular signal transduction pathways

    Krisztina Futosi;Szabina Fodor;Attila Mócsai

  • Reprint of Neutrophil cell surface receptors and their intracellular signal transduction pathways.

    Krisztina Futosi;Szabina Fodor;Attila Mócsai

  • The immunomodulatory adapter proteins DAP12 and Fc receptor γ-chain (FcRγ) regulate development of functional osteoclasts through the Syk tyrosine kinase

    Attila Mócsai;Mary Beth Humphrey;Jessica A. G. Van Ziffle;Yongmei Hu

  • Regulation of Blood and Lymphatic Vascular Separation by Signaling Proteins SLP-76 and Syk

    Farhad Abtahian;Anastasia Guerriero;Eric Sebzda;Min-Min Lu

  • Neutrophils as emerging therapeutic targets

    Tamás Németh;Markus Sperandio;Attila Mócsai

  • Syk is required for integrin signaling in neutrophils.

    Attila Mócsai;Meijuan Zhou;Fanying Meng;Victor L. Tybulewicz

  • Coordinate interactions of Csk, Src, and Syk kinases with αIIbβ3 initiate integrin signaling to the cytoskeleton

    Achim Obergfell;Koji Eto;Attila Mocsai;Charito Buensuceso

  • Integrin signaling in neutrophils and macrophages uses adaptors containing immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs

    Attila Mócsai;Clare L Abram;Zoltán Jakus;Yongmei Hu

  • Adjuvanticity of a synthetic cord factor analogue for subunit Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccination requires FcRγ–Syk–Card9–dependent innate immune activation

    Kerstin Werninghaus;Anna Babiak;Olaf Groß;Christoph Hölscher

  • Kinase pathways in chemoattractant-induced degranulation of neutrophils: the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activated by Src family kinases.

    Attila Mócsai;Zoltán Jakus;Tibor Vántus;Giorgio Berton

  • Neutrophil granulocytes recruited upon translocation of intestinal bacteria enhance graft-versus-host disease via tissue damage

    Lukas Schwab;Luise Goroncy;Senthilnathan Palaniyandi;Sanjivan Gautam

  • Evidence that IgE molecules mediate a spectrum of effects on mast cell survival and activation via aggregation of the FcεRI

    Jiro Kitaura;Jinming Song;Mindy Tsai;Koichi Asai

  • Adhesion-dependent degranulation of neutrophils requires the Src family kinases Fgr and Hck

    Attila Mócsai;Attila Mócsai;Erzsébet Ligeti;Clifford A. Lowell;Giorgio Berton

  • Src and Syk kinases: key regulators of phagocytic cell activation

    Giorgio Berton;Attila Mócsai;Clifford A. Lowell

  • The role of neutrophils in autoimmune diseases.

    Tamás Németh;Attila Mócsai

  • Neutrophils are required for both the sensitization and elicitation phase of contact hypersensitivity

    Felix C. Weber;Tamás Németh;Janka Z. Csepregi;Anne Dudeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford A. Lowell
Clifford A. Lowell University of California, San Francisco
Zsuzsanna Helyes
Zsuzsanna Helyes University of Pecs
Erika Pintér
Erika Pintér University of Pecs
Cassian Sitaru
Cassian Sitaru University of Freiburg
Markus Sperandio
Markus Sperandio Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jürgen Ruland
Jürgen Ruland Technical University of Munich
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Victor L. J. Tybulewicz
Victor L. J. Tybulewicz The Francis Crick Institute
Giorgio Berton
Giorgio Berton University of Verona
Edit I. Buzás
Edit I. Buzás Semmelweis University

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