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Overview

Mindy Tsai is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their body of work includes topics such as Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Mast Cells and Histamine, Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Contact Dermatitis and Allergies.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to immunology and allergy with notable papers including:

  • "Mast Cells in Inflammation and Disease: Recent Progress and Ongoing Concerns," 2020, Annual Review of Immunology
  • "Assessment of Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines With Confirmatory Testing in a US Regional Health System," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Origins and clonal convergence of gastrointestinal IgE + B cells in human peanut allergy," 2020, Science Immunology
  • "KIT as a master regulator of the mast cell lineage," 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Basophil activation test shows high accuracy in the diagnosis of peanut and tree nut allergy: The Markers of Nut Allergy Study," 2020, Allergy

Their work has been published in several key journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Allergy
  • Science Immunology
  • Annual Review of Immunology
  • JAMA Network Open

Mindy Tsai has collaborated extensively with other researchers, often co-authoring with:

  • Stephen J. Galli
  • Kari C. Nadeau
  • R. Sharon Chinthrajah
  • Sayantani Sindher
  • Scott D. Boyd

Their subfields of study emphasize Immunology and Allergy, Immunology, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology. This diverse but focused research landscape highlights their contributions to understanding immune system function and allergic diseases, with a particular emphasis on mechanisms involving mast cells and allergic reactions.

Best Publications

  • The development of allergic inflammation

    Stephen J. Galli;Mindy Tsai;Adrian M. Piliponsky

  • IgE and mast cells in allergic disease

    Stephen J Galli;Mindy Tsai

  • MAST CELLS AS “TUNABLE” EFFECTOR AND IMMUNOREGULATORY CELLS: Recent Advances

    Stephen J. Galli;Janet Kalesnikoff;Michele A. Grimbaldeston;Adrian M. Piliponsky

  • Mast cells in the development of adaptive immune responses

    Stephen J Galli;Susumu Nakae;Mindy Tsai

  • Immunomodulatory mast cells: negative, as well as positive, regulators of immunity

    Stephen J. Galli;Michele Grimbaldeston;Mindy Tsai

  • Mast Cell-Deficient W-sash c-kit Mutant KitW-sh/W-sh Mice as a Model for Investigating Mast Cell Biology in Vivo

    Michele A. Grimbaldeston;Ching Cheng Chen;Adrian M. Piliponsky;Mindy Tsai

  • Mast cells as sources of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors.

    Kaori Mukai;Mindy Tsai;Hirohisa Saito;Stephen J. Galli

  • Mast cell-derived interleukin 10 limits skin pathology in contact dermatitis and chronic irradiation with ultraviolet B.

    Michele A Grimbaldeston;Susumu Nakae;Janet Kalesnikoff;Mindy Tsai

  • Induction of mast cell proliferation, maturation, and heparin synthesis by the rat c-kit ligand, stem cell factor.

    Mindy Tsai;Takashi Takeishi;Helen Thompson;Keith E. Langley

  • Peanut oral immunotherapy results in increased antigen-induced regulatory T-cell function and hypomethylation of forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3)

    Aleena Syed;Marco A. Garcia;Shu Chen Lyu;Robert Bucayu

  • Mast Cells Enhance T Cell Activation: Importance of Mast Cell Costimulatory Molecules and Secreted TNF

    Susumu Nakae;Hajime Suto;Hajime Suto;Motoyasu Iikura;Maki Kakurai

  • Mast Cells Can Secrete Vascular Permeability Factor/ Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor and Exhibit Enhanced Release after Immunoglobulin E–dependent Upregulation of Fcε Receptor I Expression

    Jürg Boesiger;Mindy Tsai;Marcus Maurer;Masao Yamaguchi

  • Mast cells in allergy and infection: Versatile effector and regulatory cells in innate and adaptive immunity

    Stephen J. Galli;Mindy Tsai

  • Roles of mast cells and basophils in innate and acquired immunity.

    Jochen Wedemeyer;Mindy Tsai;Stephen J Galli

  • Mast Cells Can Enhance Resistance to Snake and Honeybee Venoms

    Martin Metz;Adrian M. Piliponsky;Ching-Cheng Chen;Verena Lammel

  • The c-kit ligand, stem cell factor, promotes mast cell survival by suppressing apoptosis.

    Akihiro Iemura;Mindy Tsai;Akikazu Ando;Barry K. Wershil

  • Regulation of mast cell survival by IgE.

    Koichi Asai;Jiro Kitaura;Yuko Kawakami;Noboru Yamagata

  • The rat c-kit ligand, stem cell factor, induces the development of connective tissue-type and mucosal mast cells in vivo. Analysis by anatomical distribution, histochemistry, and protease phenotype.

    M. Tsai;Li-Sun Shih;G. F. J. Newlands;T. Takeishi

  • Identification of Mast Cell Progenitors in Adult Mice

    Ching-Cheng Chen;Michele A. Grimbaldeston;Mindy Tsai;Irving L. Weissman

  • The c-kit receptor, stem cell factor, and mast cells. What each is teaching us about the others.

    Stephen J. Galli;Mindy Tsai;Barry K. Wershil

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Galli
Stephen J. Galli Stanford University
Kari C. Nadeau
Kari C. Nadeau Harvard University
Martin Metz
Martin Metz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Susumu Nakae
Susumu Nakae Hiroshima University
Scott D. Boyd
Scott D. Boyd Stanford University
Hajime Karasuyama
Hajime Karasuyama Tokyo Medical and Dental University
William H. Robinson
William H. Robinson Stanford University
Jeremy Sokolove
Jeremy Sokolove Stanford University
Holden T. Maecker
Holden T. Maecker Stanford University
Gunnar Pejler
Gunnar Pejler Uppsala University

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