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A/PROF MIMI TANG



Contact Details

Organization: Pathology, Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow), Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Email:
Homepage: http://www.rch.org.au
Work: 9345 5522
Fax: 9345 6348
Level: 02
Building: No Building
Campus: Royal Childrens Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
immunology, allergy prevention and treatment of allergic disease, mechanisms of allergic disease Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Bachelor of Medicine (Hons) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1995

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Unspecified Australian Society Clinical Immunology Allergy Member 29-Aug-1994
Unspecified Australian Society for Immunology Member 29-Aug-2006
Unspecified American Academy Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Member 29-Aug-1995
Unspecified Australian Medical Asssociation Member 29-Aug-1998

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia (FRCPA) 10-Aug-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Appropriate pneumococcal vaccination in infants in Fiji Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Research Project Grants 30/09/2002
Impact of airway wall fibrosis on the efficacy of anti-asthma drugs Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Appropriate pneumococcal vaccination in infants in Fiji Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Research Project Grants 30/09/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Gut Microbiota in Infants
    Year: 2008
    Book: Paediatric Nutrition in Practice
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of Airway Remodeling in Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Models of Allergic Airways Disease
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 625-632
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  • Relaxin Plays an Important Role in the Regulation of Airway Structure and Function
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 4259-4266
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  • Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4-deficient children: IRAK-4-dependet TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Medicine
    Volume: 204
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2407-2422
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • The clinical syndrome of specific antibody deficiency in children


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
    Volume: 146
    Page numbers: 486-492
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  • AM-1 depdendent pathways regulate colonic eosinophilic inflammation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Leukocyte Biology
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 330-341
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  • Can allergic diseases be prevented prenatally?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 1423-1431
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  • Probiotic use in clinical practice: what are the risks?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1256-1263
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  • Relaxin Regulates Collagen Deposition in an Animal Model of Allergic Airway Disease
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 754-761
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  • The Effects of Relaxin and Estrogen Deficiency on Collagen Deposition and Hypertrophy of Nonreproductive Organs
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 5575-5583
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  • The role of probiotics in the management of allergic disease
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 568-576
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Hereditary angio-oedema in children: A management guideline
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 288-294
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  • Investigating the role of relaxin in the regulation of airway fibrosis in animal models of acute and chronic allergic airway disease.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1041
    Page numbers: 194-196
    Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences(New York)
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  • Optimising the management of allergic rhinitis: an Australian perspective
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 182
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 28-33
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Results of a Phase 1 study utilizing monocyte-derived dendritic cells pulsed with tumor RNA in children with stage 4 neuroblastoma
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer
    Volume: 103
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1280-1291
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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  • The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy position statement: summary of allergy prevention in children.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 182
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 464-467
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • The development of food allergy after liver transplantation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Liver Transplantation
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 326-330
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Results of a phase 1 study utilizing monocyte-derived dendritic cells pulsed with tumor RNA in children and young adults with brain cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Neuro-Oncology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 236-246
    Publisher: Carden Jennings Publishing(Virginia)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Allergy and immunology
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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Journal Articles

  • Relaxin deficiency in mice is associated with an age-related progression of pulmonary fibrosis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 121-123
    Publisher: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology(Maryland)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Is prevention of childhood asthma possible? Allergens, infections and animals
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 177
    Page numbers: 75-77
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Mobilization of dendritic cells in cancer patients treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and chemotherapy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: British Journal of Haematology
    Volume: 119
    Page numbers: 204-211
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  • Polyclonal and allergen-induced cytokine responses in children with elevated immunoglobulin E but no atopic disease
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 1552-1557
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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  • Relaxin deficiency in mice is associated with an age-related progression of pulmonary fibrosis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 121-123
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • . The -590C/T and -34C/T interleukin-4 promoter polymorphisms are not associated with atopic
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 108
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 285-287
    Publisher: Mosby(Missouri)
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  • Childhood asthma as an allergic disease: rationale for the development of future treatment
    Year: 2001
    Journal: European Journal of Pediatrics
    Volume: 160
    Page numbers: 696-704
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Important roles for L-selectin and ICAM-1 in the development of allergic airway inflammation in asthma
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 203-210
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • L-Selectin is required for the development ofairway hyperresponsiveness but not airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1019-1024
    Publisher: Mosby(Missouri)
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  • L-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 mediate lymphocyte migration to the inflamed airway/lung during an allergic inflammatory response in an animal model of asthma
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 734-738
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  • L-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 mediate lymphocyte migration to the inflamed airway/lung during an allergic inflammatory response in an animal model of asthma
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 734-738
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Disseminated mycobacterial infectionin an infant with defective Ifn-gamma production
    Year: 2001
    Event name: AAAAI 57th Annual Meeting
    Conference Publication: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: S683
    Publisher: Mosby
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  • Melbourne study of childhood asthma: allergen-specific cytokine responses according to clinical outcome at 42 years
    Year: 2001
    Event name: AAAAI 57th Annual Meeting
    Conference Publication: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: S219
    Publisher: Mosby
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