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2026

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Immunology

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148
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Medicine

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen J. Galli is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology, with significant contributions in the subfields of immunology and allergy, physiology, molecular biology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions

Stephen J. Galli has published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (27 publications)
  • Allergy (16 publications)
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine (3 publications)
  • Science Immunology (2 publications)
  • Immunity (2 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • "Updated Diagnostic Criteria and Classification of Mast Cell Disorders: A Consensus Proposal" (2021, HemaSphere)
  • "Nomenclature of allergic diseases and hypersensitivity reactions: Adapted to modern needs: An EAACI position paper" (2023, Allergy)
  • "Mast cells as a unique hematopoietic lineage and cell system: From Paul Ehrlich's visions to precision medicine concepts" (2020, Theranostics)
  • "Butyrate inhibits human mast cell activation via epigenetic regulation of FcεRI-mediated signaling" (2020, Allergy)
  • "Assessment of Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines With Confirmatory Testing in a US Regional Health System" (2021, JAMA Network Open)

Stephen J. Galli has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Kari C. Nadeau (44 joint publications)
  • R. Sharon Chinthrajah (34 joint publications)
  • Mindy Tsai (25 joint publications)
  • Scott D. Boyd (18 joint publications)
  • Monali Manohar (16 joint publications)

In recognition of their contributions, Stephen J. Galli was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Tumor cells secrete a vascular permeability factor that promotes accumulation of ascites fluid.

    Donald R. Senger;Stephen J. Galli;Ann M. Dvorak;Carole A. Perruzzi

  • Second Symposium on the Definition and Management of Anaphylaxis: Summary Report—Second National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network Symposium

    Hugh A Sampson;Anne Muñoz-Furlong;Ronna L Campbell;N Franklin Adkinson

  • The development of allergic inflammation

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

  • Gene-microarray analysis of multiple sclerosis lesions yields new targets validated in autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Christopher Lock;Guy Hermans;Rosetta Pedotti;Andrea Brendolan

  • IgE and mast cells in allergic disease

    Stephen J Galli;Mindy Tsai

  • Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

    Krisztina M. Zsebo;David A. Williams;Edwin N. Geissler;Virginia C. Broudy

  • 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

  • New concepts about the mast cell

    Stephen J. Galli

  • Phenotypic and functional plasticity of cells of innate immunity: macrophages, mast cells and neutrophils

    Stephen J Galli;Niels Borregaard;Thomas A Wynn

  • Mast cells as a source of both preformed and immunologically inducible TNF-α/cachectin

    John R. Gordon;Stephen J. Galli

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

    Stephen J. Galli;Michele Grimbaldeston;Mindy Tsai

  • Mast cells as a source of multifunctional cytokines

    John R Gordon;John R Gordon;Parris R Burd;Stephen J Galli

  • New developments in mast cell biology

    Janet Kalesnikoff;Stephen J Galli

  • Regulation of mast-cell and basophil function and survival by IgE

    Toshiaki Kawakami;Stephen J Galli

  • The kit ligand, stem cell factor

    Stephen J. Galli;Krisztina M. Zsebo;Edwin N. Geissler

  • Mast cells and basophils.

    Stephen J Galli

  • 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

  • Fate of bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells after intracutaneous, intraperitoneal, and intravenous transfer into genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice. Evidence that cultured mast cells can give rise to both connective tissue type and mucosal mast cells.

    T Nakano;T Sonoda;C Hayashi;A Yamatodani

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

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

  • New Insights into “The Riddle of the Mast Cells”: Microenvironmental Regulation of Mast Cell Development and Phenotypic Heterogeneity

    Stephen J. Galli

Frequent Co-Authors

Mindy Tsai
Mindy Tsai Stanford University
Kari C. Nadeau
Kari C. Nadeau Harvard University
Ann M. Dvorak
Ann M. Dvorak Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Susumu Nakae
Susumu Nakae Hiroshima University
Harold F. Dvorak
Harold F. Dvorak Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Martin Metz
Martin Metz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Scott D. Boyd
Scott D. Boyd Stanford University
John R. Gordon
John R. Gordon University of Saskatchewan
Peter F. Weller
Peter F. Weller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Holden T. Maecker
Holden T. Maecker Stanford University

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