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    • Deficiency of FcεR1 increases body weight gain but improves glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese mice 

      Lee, Yun-Jung; Liu, Conglin; Liao, Mengyang; Sukhova, Galina K.; Shirakawa, Jun; Abdennour, Meriem; Iamarene, Karine; Andre, Sebastien; Inouye, Karen; Clement, Karine; Kulkarni, Rohit Narayan; Banks, Alexander; Libby, Peter; Shi, Guo-Ping (Endocrine Society, 2015)
      Prior studies demonstrated increased plasma immunoglobulin E (IgE) in diabetic patients, but the direct participation of IgE in diabetes or obesity remains unknown. This study found that plasma IgE levels correlated inversely ...
    • IgE actions on CD4+ T cells, mast cells, and macrophages participate in the pathogenesis of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms 

      Wang, Jing; Lindholt, Jes S; Sukhova, Galina K; Shi, Michael A; Xia, Mingcan; Chen, Han; Xiang, Meixiang; He, Aina; Wang, Yi; Xiong, Na; Libby, Peter; Wang, Jian-An; Shi, Guo-Ping (BlackWell Publishing Ltd, 2014)
      Immunoglobulin E (IgE) activates mast cells (MCs). It remains unknown whether IgE also activates other inflammatory cells, and contributes to the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). This study demonstrates ...