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Overview

Dale T. Umetsu is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Immunology and Allergy as well as related subfields such as Biotechnology, Physiology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their scientific work include Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Transgenic Plants and Applications, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

The scientist has published in several journals, with notable frequent venues including Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Cell Reports Medicine, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global, and Nature Immunology.

  • High-resolution epitope mapping by AllerScan reveals relationships between IgE and IgG repertoires during peanut oral immunotherapy, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Protocol design and synopsis: Omalizumab as Monotherapy and as Adjunct Therapy to Multiallergen OIT in Children and Adults with Food Allergy (OUtMATCH), 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
  • Understanding microorganisms in the prevention of allergy, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Human germline heterozygous gain-of-function STAT6 variants cause severe allergic disease., 2023, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Global absence and targeting of protective immune states in severe COVID-19., 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jonathan M. Spergel, Genghao Chen, Ellen Shrock, Mamie Z. Li, and Kari C. Nadeau.

Best Publications

  • Pulmonary dendritic cells producing IL-10 mediate tolerance induced by respiratory exposure to antigen.

    Omid Akbari;Rosemarie H. DeKruyff;Dale T. Umetsu

  • Antigen-specific regulatory T cells develop via the ICOS–ICOS-ligand pathway and inhibit allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity

    Omid Akbari;Gordon J. Freeman;Everett H. Meyer;Edward A. Greenfield

  • Extrathymically generated regulatory T cells control mucosal T H 2 inflammation

    Steven Z. Josefowicz;Rachel E. Niec;Hye Young Kim;Piper Treuting

  • Innate lymphoid cells mediate influenza-induced airway hyper-reactivity independently of adaptive immunity

    Ya Jen Chang;Hye Young Kim;Lee A. Albacker;Nicole Baumgarth

  • Essential role of NKT cells producing IL-4 and IL-13 in the development of allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity

    Omid Akbari;Philippe Stock;Everett Meyer;Mitchell Kronenberg

  • Asthma: an epidemic of dysregulated immunity.

    Dale T. Umetsu;Jennifer J. McIntire;Omid Akbari;Claudia Macaubas

  • Allergen-specific Th1 cells fail to counterbalance Th2 cell–induced airway hyperreactivity but cause severe airway inflammation

    Gesine Hansen;Gerald Berry;Rosemarie H. DeKruyff;Dale T. Umetsu

  • TIM-1 and TIM-4 glycoproteins bind phosphatidylserine and mediate uptake of apoptotic cells.

    Norimoto Kobayashi;Piia Karisola;Victor Peña-Cruz;David M. Dorfman

  • TIM genes: a family of cell surface phosphatidylserine receptors that regulate innate and adaptive immunity

    Gordon J. Freeman;Jose M. Casasnovas;Dale T. Umetsu;Rosemarie H. DeKruyff

  • The many paths to asthma: phenotype shaped by innate and adaptive immunity

    Hye Young Kim;Rosemarie H DeKruyff;Dale T Umetsu

  • Identification of Tapr (an airway hyperreactivity regulatory locus) and the linked Tim gene family

    Jennifer J. McIntire;Sarah E. Umetsu;Omid Akbari;Michael Potter

  • Interleukin-17–producing innate lymphoid cells and the NLRP3 inflammasome facilitate obesity-associated airway hyperreactivity

    Hye Young Kim;Hyun Jun Lee;Ya Jen Chang;Muriel Pichavant

  • Allergen immunotherapy decreases interleukin 4 production in CD4+ T cells from allergic individuals.

    H. Secrist;C. J. Chelen;Yan Wen;J. D. Marshall

  • CD4+ invariant T-cell-receptor+ natural killer T cells in bronchial asthma.

    Omid Akbari;John L. Faul;Elisabeth G. Hoyte;Gerald J. Berry

  • Recurrent Sinopulmonary Infection and Impaired Antibody Response to Bacterial Capsular Polysaccharide Antigen in Children with Selective IgG-Subclass Deficiency

    Dale T. Umetsu;Donna M. Ambrosino;Isabella Quinti;George R. Siber

  • The TIM gene family: emerging roles in immunity and disease

    Vijay K. Kuchroo;Dale T. Umetsu;Rosemarie H. DeKruyff;Gordon J. Freeman

  • Critical role for IL-13 in the development of allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity.

    David M. Walter;Jennifer J. McIntire;Gerald Berry;Andrew N. J. McKenzie

  • TIM-4 is the ligand for TIM-1, and the TIM-1–TIM-4 interaction regulates T cell proliferation

    Jennifer Hartt Meyers;Sumone Chakravarti;David Schlesinger;Zsolt Illes

  • Rapid oral desensitization in combination with omalizumab therapy in patients with cow’s milk allergy

    Kari C. Nadeau;Lynda C. Schneider;Lisa Hoyte;Irene Borras

  • TIM-1 induces T cell activation and inhibits the development of peripheral tolerance

    Sarah E Umetsu;Wan-Ling Lee;Jennifer J McIntire;Laura Downey

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosemarie H. DeKruyff
Rosemarie H. DeKruyff Stanford University
Gordon J. Freeman
Gordon J. Freeman Harvard University
Omid Akbari
Omid Akbari University of Southern California
Raif S. Geha
Raif S. Geha Boston Children's Hospital
Gerald J. Berry
Gerald J. Berry Stanford University
Kari C. Nadeau
Kari C. Nadeau Harvard University
Paul B. Savage
Paul B. Savage Brigham Young University
Shoshana Levy
Shoshana Levy Stanford University
Vijay K. Kuchroo
Vijay K. Kuchroo Harvard University
Lynda C. Schneider
Lynda C. Schneider Boston Children's Hospital

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