Erika Lee, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

The International/Canadian hereditary angioedema guideline
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology · 2026
Lipid-Lowering Medications Increase the Severity of Hymenoptera Venom Anaphylaxis.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2026
Perflutren lipid microspheres for echocardiogram contrast: a clinical case of anaphylaxis not caused by PEG.
Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025 · senior author

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada): Advancing interdisciplinary, patient-relevant research to improve skin health
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000

All 1 grants and awards

10 publications.

01

The International/Canadian hereditary angioedema guideline

Betschel S, Binkley K, Borici-Mazi R, Chapdelaine H, Hébert J, Kanani A, Keith PK, Lacuesta G, Waserman S, Yang W

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology20265 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-025-00999-8

02

Lipid-Lowering Medications Increase the Severity of Hymenoptera Venom Anaphylaxis.

Sohng K, Lee E, Golden D, Sussman G, Worm M, Tracy J, Adams K, Matz J, Thapaliya S, Masuta S, Dölle-Bierke S, Parks J, Alix V, Vadas P

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2026.08.027 PMID: 42665188

03

Perflutren lipid microspheres for echocardiogram contrast: a clinical case of anaphylaxis not caused by PEG.

Wang C, Campbell J, Lea-Banks H, Lee E

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-025-00964-5 PMID: 40336097

04

Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Patients with Hereditary Alpha-Tryptasemia.

Slapnicar C, Lee E, Vadas P

International archives of allergy and immunology2025

DOI: 10.1159/000541880 PMID: 39527936

05

Diagnosis and management of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) in Canada: a practical approach.

Lee E, Picard M

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-025-00998-9 PMID: 41272881

06

Anaphylaxis to dextromethorphan with positive skin testing: a case report.

Badawod E, Campbell J, Lee E

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-025-00987-y PMID: 41174719

07

Successful mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with a history of severe polyethylene glycol anaphylaxis

Li DH, Lee E, Song C

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology20228 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-022-00698-8

08

Morbidity in an adenosine deaminase-deficient patient during 27 years of enzyme replacement therapy.

Grunebaum E, Reid B, Naqvi A, Hershfield MS, Kim VH, Muller MP, Hicks LK, Lee E, Betschel S, Roifman CM

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)202019 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2019.108321 PMID: 31812707

09

IL-10-producing B cells are induced early in HIV-1 infection and suppress HIV-1-specific T cell responses.

Liu J, Zhan W, Kim CJ, Clayton K, Zhao H, Lee E, Cao JC, Ziegler B, Gregor A, Yue FY, Huibner S, MacParland S, Schwartz J, Song HH, Benko E, Gyenes G, Kovacs C, Kaul R, Ostrowski M

PloS one201496 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089236 PMID: 24586620

10

LINE-1 Retrotransposable Element DNA Accumulates in HIV-1-Infected Cells

Jones RB, Song H, Xu Y, Garrison KE, Buzdin AA, Anwar N, Hunter DV, Mujib S, Mihajlovic V, Martin E

Journal of Virology201365 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02257-13

Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada): Advancing interdisciplinary, patient-relevant research to improve skin health

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Network Gr. in Skin Health, Bone Health, and Muscular Dyst. - Skin Health

Principal investigators: Chan, An-Wen; Manion, Rachael; Drucker, Aaron M; Dutz, Jan P; Fradette, Julie; Germain, Lucie; Gniadecki, Robert; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Litvinov, Ivan V; Logsetty, Sarvesh; Mydlarski, Paule R; Philip, Anie; Piguet, Vincent; Zhou, Youwen

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Observational Studies; Research Network; Skin Health; Skin Research; Translational Research

$2,000,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Susan Waserman and Paul Keith: 50 shared papers
Rupert Kaul and Mario Ostrowski: 35 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Stephen Betschel: 21 shared papers
Jun Liu and Mario Ostrowski: 18 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Harold Kim: 17 shared papers
Paul Keith and Stephen Betschel: 15 shared papers
Paul Keith and Harold Kim: 14 shared papers
Mario Ostrowski and Sonya MacParland: 9 shared papers
Harold Kim and Stephen Betschel: 8 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Adil Adatia: 6 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Karen Binkley: 5 shared papers
Paul Keith and Victoria Cook: 5 shared papers
Paul Keith and Karen Binkley: 5 shared papers
Vesna Mihajlovic and Mario Ostrowski: 5 shared papers
Rupert Kaul and Sonya MacParland: 5 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Karen Binkley: 5 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Hugo Chapdelaine: 5 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Adil Adatia: 4 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Eric Leith: 4 shared papers
Paul Keith and Eric Leith: 4 shared papers
Jun Liu and Rupert Kaul: 4 shared papers
Lisa Hicks and Stephen Betschel: 4 shared papers
Victoria Cook and Stephen Betschel: 4 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Gordon Sussman: 4 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Christine Song: 4 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Eric Leith: 4 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Victoria Cook: 3 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Hugo Chapdelaine: 3 shared papers
Paul Keith and Hugo Chapdelaine: 3 shared papers
Harold Kim and Daniel Hanzhang Li: 3 shared papers
Jun Liu and Sonya MacParland: 3 shared papers
Peter Vadas and Gordon Sussman: 3 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Gordon Sussman: 2 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Lisa Fu: 2 shared papers
Paul Keith and Adil Adatia: 2 shared papers
Mario Ostrowski and Eyal Grunebaum: 2 shared papers
Mario Ostrowski and Erika Lee: 2 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Peter Vadas: 2 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Lisa Fu: 2 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Eyal Grunebaum: 2 shared papers
Stephen Betschel and Erika Lee: 2 shared papers
Peter Vadas and Eyal Grunebaum: 2 shared papers
Peter Vadas and Erika Lee: 2 shared papers
Eyal Grunebaum and Ahmed Naqvi: 2 shared papers
Susan Waserman and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Susan Waserman and Valerie Palda: 1 shared paper
Paul Keith and Lisa Fu: 1 shared paper
Paul Keith and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Paul Keith and Valerie Palda: 1 shared paper
Harold Kim and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Harold Kim and Valerie Palda: 1 shared paper
Harold Kim and Matthieu Picard: 1 shared paper
Vesna Mihajlovic and Jun Liu: 1 shared paper
Vesna Mihajlovic and Rupert Kaul: 1 shared paper
Vesna Mihajlovic and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Daniel Hanzhang Li and Christine Song: 1 shared paper
Daniel Hanzhang Li and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Jun Liu and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Rupert Kaul and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Lisa Hicks and Peter Vadas: 1 shared paper
Lisa Hicks and Eyal Grunebaum: 1 shared paper
Lisa Hicks and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Lisa Hicks and Ahmed Naqvi: 1 shared paper
Sonya MacParland and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Victoria Cook and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Stephen Betschel and Ahmed Naqvi: 1 shared paper
Adil Adatia and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Karen Binkley and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Peter Vadas and Christine Song: 1 shared paper
Gordon Sussman and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Christine Song and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Christine Song and Matthieu Picard: 1 shared paper
Lisa Fu and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Eyal Grunebaum and Erika Lee: 1 shared paper
Erika Lee and Eric Leith: 1 shared paper
Erika Lee and Valerie Palda: 1 shared paper
Erika Lee and Ahmed Naqvi: 1 shared paper
Erika Lee and Hugo Chapdelaine: 1 shared paper
Erika Lee and Matthieu Picard: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Department of Immunology
Département de médecine
Medicine Dept
Department of Paediatrics
Department of Molecular Genetics
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Harold Kim

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The International/Canadian hereditary angioedema guideline

Lipid-Lowering Medications Increase the Severity of Hymenoptera Venom Anaphylaxis.

Perflutren lipid microspheres for echocardiogram contrast: a clinical case of anaphylaxis not caused by PEG.

Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Patients with Hereditary Alpha-Tryptasemia.

Diagnosis and management of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) in Canada: a practical approach.

Anaphylaxis to dextromethorphan with positive skin testing: a case report.

Successful mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with a history of severe polyethylene glycol anaphylaxis

Morbidity in an adenosine deaminase-deficient patient during 27&#xa0;years of enzyme replacement therapy.

IL-10-producing B cells are induced early in HIV-1 infection and suppress HIV-1-specific T cell responses.

LINE-1 Retrotransposable Element DNA Accumulates in HIV-1-Infected Cells

Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada): Advancing interdisciplinary, patient-relevant research to improve skin health

Frequent collaborators

Mario Ostrowski

Peter Vadas

Stephen Betschel

Eric Leith

Valerie Palda

Ahmed Naqvi

Hugo Chapdelaine

Matthieu Picard

Vesna Mihajlovic

Daniel Hanzhang Li

Jun Liu

Rupert Kaul

Lisa Hicks

Sonya MacParland

Victoria Cook

Yang Xu

Adil Adatia

Karen Binkley

Gordon Sussman

Christine Song

Lisa Fu

Susan Waserman

Eyal Grunebaum

Paul Keith

Harold Kim

Morbidity in an adenosine deaminase-deficient patient during 27 years of enzyme replacement therapy.