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Sue Tsai

ResearcherMedical Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Alberta

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Sue Tsai

Researcher

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Crc Autoimmunity Early Life Events Humoral Immunity Iga Insulitis Maternal Factors Microbiota

Latest papers

Neutrophil-derived reactive oxygen species mediate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and skeletal myopathy.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
B cells drive CD4 T cell immunosenescence and age-associated health decline.
Science immunology · 2026
Reduced fibre-fermenting capacity of gut microbes in multiple sclerosis may result in prebiotic dietary fibre β-fructan promoting inflammation and CNS damage.
eGastroenterology · 2026

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$500,000
Early Life Determinant of T1D Susceptibility
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$1,048,050
Understanding CD33 as a Genetic Susceptibility Factor in Alzheimer's Disease
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,097,775

All 9 grants and awards

37 publications.

Neutrophil-derived reactive oxygen species mediate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and skeletal myopathy.

Dzierlega K, Soliman AM, Chen H, Vu J, Parker D, Roberts B, Wagner M, Akter A, Hassane M, Kilic T, Wong J, Akbari M, Elhenawy W, Oudit GY, Tsai S, Clemente-Casares X

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2026

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00720.2025 PMID: 41677072

B cells drive CD4 T cell immunosenescence and age-associated health decline.

Khan S, Chakraborty M, Wu F, Chen N, Wang T, Chan YT, Sayad A, Kotlyar M, Alibhai FJ, Woo M, Li RK, Husain M, Jurisica I, Gehring AJ, Ohashi PS, Furman D, Tsai S, Winer S, Winer DA

Science immunology2026

DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adv7615 PMID: 41616067

Reduced fibre-fermenting capacity of gut microbes in multiple sclerosis may result in prebiotic dietary fibre β-fructan promoting inflammation and CNS damage.

Tollenaar SL, Khorasaniha R, Jovel J, Ba I, Voisin A, Miller R, Olof H, Mahmood R, Marrie RA, Strachan E, Soares LP, Cheng C, Janveaux J, Zaidi D, Bernstein CN, Bonner C, Bar-Or A, Waubant E, Yeh EA, Graham M, Arnold DL, O'Mahony J, Banwell BL, Zhu F, Mirza AI, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Tsai S, Tremlett H, McGregor K, Willing BP, Armstrong H

eGastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1136/egastro-2025-100296 PMID: 41585377

Weight Loss-Associated Remodeling of Adipose Tissue Immunometabolism.

Basso PJ, Schcolnik-Cabrera A, Zhu M, Strachan E, Clemente-Casares X, Tsai S

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/obr.13975 PMID: 40589031

The art of war: burning stores to fuel anti-viral immunity.

Crome SQ, Tsai S

Nature metabolism2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01257-2 PMID: 40217116

Editorial: Immunometabolism: bridging the gap between immunology and nutrition.

Basso PJ, Gauthier T, Palomares F, López-Enríquez S, Tsai S

Frontiers in nutrition2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1436894 PMID: 38933887

Sex differences in systemic inflammation and immune function in diet-induced obesity rodent models: A systematic review.

Braga Tibaes JR, Barreto Silva MI, Wollin B, Vine D, Tsai S, Richard C

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2024

DOI: 10.1111/obr.13665 PMID: 38072656

Correction: Maternal diet supplementation with high-docosahexaenoic-acid canola oil, along with arachidonic acid, promotes immune system development in allergy-prone BALB/c mouse ofspring at 3 weeks of age.

Patel D, Munhoz J, Goruk S, Tsai S, Richard C, Field CJ

European journal of nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00394-023-03264-z PMID: 37847402

Correction to: Low‑fat dairy consumption improves intestinal immune function more than high‑fat dairy in a diet‑induced swine model of insulin resistance.

She Y, Wang K, Makarowski A, Mangat R, Tsai S, Willing BP, Proctor SD, Richard C

European journal of nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00394-023-03263-0 PMID: 37821619

Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Accumulation Suppresses Glycolysis and Attenuates the Macrophage Inflammatory Response by Diverting Transcription from the HIF-1α to the Nrf2 Pathway.

Ting KKY, Yu P, Dow R, Floro E, Ibrahim H, Scipione CA, Hyduk SJ, Polenz CK, Zaslaver O, Karmaus PWF, Fessler MB, Röst HL, Ohh M, Tsai S, Winer DA, Woo M, Rocheleau J, Jongstra-Bilen J, Cybulsky MI

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2023

DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300293 PMID: 37756544

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue Y

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Early Life Determinant of T1D Susceptibility

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue Y

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Early Life Events; Humoral Immunity; Iga; Insulitis; Maternal Factors; Microbiota; Postnatal; Type 1 Diabetes

$1,048,050

Understanding CD33 as a Genetic Susceptibility Factor in Alzheimer's Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Macauley, Matthew S

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Amyloid; Cd33; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Siglec; Splicing; Trem2

$1,097,775

The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue

$12,500

Regulation of CD8+ T cell mediated anti-tumor immunity by insulin signalling

Nominated PICIHR2022CIHR - ICR / Cancer Research Society Partnership - Research Grants

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue Y

Keywords: Colorectal Cancer; Environmental Causes Of Cancer (Including Viruses); Immunotherapy

$60,000

The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue

$93,000

B cell-intrinsic insulin resistance as a mechanism of obesity-linked immune dysfunction

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue Y

Keywords: Anti-Viral Immunity; B Lymphocytes; Diabetes; Insulin Resistance; Metabolism; Obesity

$830,026

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue Y

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Harnessing Metabolic pathways for the treatment of insulin resistance-associated immune dysfunction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018New Frontiers in Research Fund

Principal investigators: Tsai, Sue

Keywords: Cancer Immunotherapy, Obesity, Insulin resistance, Immunometabolism, T cell function, Metabolic adjuvants, Compound screening, Medicinal Chemistry, Tumor Immunity

$273,310

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Sue Tsai

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Neutrophil-derived reactive oxygen species mediate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and skeletal myopathy.

B cells drive CD4 T cell immunosenescence and age-associated health decline.

Reduced fibre-fermenting capacity of gut microbes in multiple sclerosis may result in prebiotic dietary fibre &#x3b2;-fructan promoting inflammation and CNS damage.

Weight Loss-Associated Remodeling of Adipose Tissue Immunometabolism.

The art of war: burning stores to fuel anti-viral immunity.

Editorial: Immunometabolism: bridging the gap between immunology and nutrition.

Sex differences in systemic inflammation and immune function in diet-induced obesity rodent models: A systematic review.

Correction: Maternal diet supplementation with high-docosahexaenoic-acid canola oil, along with arachidonic acid, promotes immune system development in allergy-prone BALB/c mouse ofspring at 3&#xa0;weeks of age.

Correction to: Low&#x2011;fat dairy consumption improves intestinal immune function more than high&#x2011;fat dairy in a diet&#x2011;induced swine model of insulin resistance.

Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Accumulation Suppresses Glycolysis and Attenuates the Macrophage Inflammatory Response by Diverting Transcription from the HIF-1&#x3b1; to the Nrf2 Pathway.

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Early Life Determinant of T1D Susceptibility

Understanding CD33 as a Genetic Susceptibility Factor in Alzheimer's Disease

The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology

Regulation of CD8+ T cell mediated anti-tumor immunity by insulin signalling

The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology

B cell-intrinsic insulin resistance as a mechanism of obesity-linked immune dysfunction

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Harnessing Metabolic pathways for the treatment of insulin resistance-associated immune dysfunction

Frequent collaborators

Caroline Richard

Pere Santamaria

Minna Woo

Igor Jurisica

Carol Huang

Annie Shrestha

Donna Vine

Ren-Ke Li

Mansoor Husain

Heather Armstrong

Wael Elhenawy

Mitchell Wagner

Heather Armstrong

Kristi Baker

Jonathan Rocheleau

Timothy Jackson

Susan Poutanen

Helen Tremlett

Michael Zaugg

Herbert Gaisano

Evangelos Michelakis

Michael Ohh

Toshifumi Yokota

Soheila Karimi-Abdolrezaee

Bryan Coburn

Reduced fibre-fermenting capacity of gut microbes in multiple sclerosis may result in prebiotic dietary fibre β-fructan promoting inflammation and CNS damage.

Correction: Maternal diet supplementation with high-docosahexaenoic-acid canola oil, along with arachidonic acid, promotes immune system development in allergy-prone BALB/c mouse ofspring at 3 weeks of age.

Correction to: Low‑fat dairy consumption improves intestinal immune function more than high‑fat dairy in a diet‑induced swine model of insulin resistance.

Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Accumulation Suppresses Glycolysis and Attenuates the Macrophage Inflammatory Response by Diverting Transcription from the HIF-1α to the Nrf2 Pathway.