Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

Tumor-induced anorexia and weight loss are mediated by the TGF-β superfamily cytokine MIC-1

Heiko Johnen, Shu Lin, Támara Kuffner et al. · Nature Medicine · 2007 · 589 citations · Full text

Obesity, Tumor Biology, Weight Loss +9

Failure to trigger the oxidative metabolic burst by normal macrophages: possible mechanism for survival of intracellular pathogens.

Christopher B. Wilson, Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Jack S. Remington · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1980 · 318 citations · Full text

Normal Macrophages, Immunotoxicology, Lung Inflammation +23

The TGF-β superfamily cytokine, MIC-1/GDF15: A pleotrophic cytokine with roles in inflammation, cancer and metabolism

Samuel N. Breit, Heiko Johnen, Andrew D. Cook et al. · Growth Factors · 2011 · 239 citations

Immunology, Pathology, Cancer Biology +16

Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine 1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Decreases Food Intake, Body Weight and Improves Glucose Tolerance in Mice on Normal & Obesogenic Diets

Laurence Macia, Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Amy Nguyen et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 203 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Obesogenic Diets, Immunology +22

TGF-b Superfamily Cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 Is a Physiological Appetite and Body Weight Regulator

Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai, Laurence Macia, Heiko Johnen et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 187 citations · Full text