Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

3.4k total citations
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Rheumatology, 22 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai's work include GDF15 and Related Biomarkers (22 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (20 papers) and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (18 papers). Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai is often cited by papers focused on GDF15 and Related Biomarkers (22 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (20 papers) and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (18 papers). Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Denmark. Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai's co-authors include Samuel N. Breit, David A. Brown, Yasmin Husaini, Amanda Sainsbury, Jack S. Remington, Christopher B. Wilson, Shu Lin, Christopher P. Marquis, Lele Jiang and Támara Kuffner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

31 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

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Laurent L. Reber France

Frank Martiniuk United States

Ban‐Hock Toh Australia

Terhi Savinko Finland

Jonathan Pollock United States

Omar Tliba United States

Marie‐Anne Bach France

Lex Nagelkerken Netherlands

N. M. Muñoz United States

Stephen J. Lalor Ireland

Laurent L. Reber France

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442 ×0.4

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952 ×0.9

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1.7k ×2.5

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67 ×0.2

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Breit, Samuel N. & Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai. (2025). Metabolic Messenger: growth differentiation factor 15. Nature Metabolism. 7(9). 1732–1744. 1 indexed citations

Husaini, Yasmin, Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Rakesh Manandhar, et al.. (2020). Growth differentiation factor-15 slows the growth of murine prostate cancer by stimulating tumor immunity. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0233846–e0233846. 20 indexed citations

Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Hong Ping Zhang, Rakesh Manandhar, et al.. (2019). GDF15 mediates adiposity resistance through actions on GFRAL neurons in the hindbrain AP/NTS. International Journal of Obesity. 43(12). 2370–2380. 52 indexed citations

Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, David A. Brown, & Samuel N. Breit. (2018). Targeting the divergent TGFβ superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 for therapy of anorexia/cachexia syndromes. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care. 12(4). 404–409. 16 indexed citations

Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Yasmin Husaini, Amanda Sainsbury, David A. Brown, & Samuel N. Breit. (2018). The MIC-1/GDF15-GFRAL Pathway in Energy Homeostasis: Implications for Obesity, Cachexia, and Other Associated Diseases. Cell Metabolism. 28(3). 353–368. 280 indexed citations

Low, Jac Kee, Ananthan Ambikairajah, David A. Brown, et al.. (2017). First Behavioural Characterisation of a Knockout Mouse Model for the Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β Superfamily Cytokine, MIC-1/GDF15. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0168416–e0168416. 11 indexed citations

Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Rakesh Manandhar, Ka Ki Michelle Lee-Ng, et al.. (2017). Treatment with the TGF-b superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 reduces the adiposity and corrects the metabolic dysfunction of mice with diet-induced obesity. International Journal of Obesity. 42(3). 561–571. 73 indexed citations

Jiang, Lele, Hui Li, Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, et al.. (2016). CLIC1 regulates dendritic cell antigen processing and presentation by modulating phagosome acidification and proteolysis. Biology Open. 5(5). 620–630. 28 indexed citations

Husaini, Yasmin, Glen P. Lockwood, Trung Viet Nguyen, et al.. (2015). Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Gene Deletion Promotes Cancer Growth in TRAMP Prostate Cancer Prone Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0115189–e0115189. 24 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, et al.. (2015). Anorexia–cachexia and obesity treatment may be two sides of the same coin: role of the TGF-b superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15. International Journal of Obesity. 40(2). 193–197. 83 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Rakesh Manandhar, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, et al.. (2014). The Anorectic Actions of the TGFβ Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Require an Intact Brainstem Area Postrema and Nucleus of the Solitary Tract. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e100370–e100370. 93 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Laurence Macia, Heiko Johnen, et al.. (2013). TGF-b Superfamily Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Is a Physiological Appetite and Body Weight Regulator. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55174–e55174. 151 indexed citations

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Jiang, Lele, Hui Li, Joanna M. Rybicka, et al.. (2012). Intracellular chloride channel protein CLIC1 regulates macrophage functions via modulation of phagosomal acidification. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 22). 5479–88. 75 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Yasmin Husaini, Rakesh Manandhar, et al.. (2012). Anorexia/cachexia of chronic diseases: a role for the TGF‐β family cytokine MIC‐1/GDF15. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 3(4). 239–243. 62 indexed citations

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Husaini, Yasmin, Min Qiu, Glen P. Lockwood, et al.. (2012). Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Slows Cancer Development but Increases Metastases in TRAMP Prostate Cancer Prone Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43833–e43833. 3 indexed citations

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Breit, Samuel N., Heiko Johnen, Andrew D. Cook, et al.. (2011). The TGF-β superfamily cytokine, MIC-1/GDF15: A pleotrophic cytokine with roles in inflammation, cancer and metabolism. Growth Factors. 29(5). 187–195. 195 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, et al.. (2011). CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein-δ Expression by Dendritic Cells Regulates CNS Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(48). 17612–17621. 23 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, H. L. Scott, Richard J. Lewis, & Peter R. Dodd. (2005). The role of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in neuronal excitotoxicity in alzheimer’s disease. Neurotoxicity Research. 7(1-2). 125–141. 27 indexed citations

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Tsai, Vicky Wang-Wei, Peter R. Dodd, & Richard J. Lewis. (2004). The effects of alanine-substituted conantokin-G and ifenprodil on the human spermine-activated N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. Neuroscience. 130(2). 457–464. 5 indexed citations

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Wilson, Christopher B., Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, & Jack S. Remington. (1980). Failure to trigger the oxidative metabolic burst by normal macrophages: possible mechanism for survival of intracellular pathogens.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 151(2). 328–346. 271 indexed citations

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