Dr. Fred Hsieh Lab

Fred Hsieh, M.D.

Staff, Department of Pathobiology

Our laboratory is interested in studying the development and function of the mast cell in human diseases, with special emphasis on the contribution of mast cells to allergic pulmonary inflammation.

Our laboratory is interested in studying the development and function of the mast cell in human diseases, with special emphasis on the contribution of mast cells to allergic pulmonary inflammation.

One current focus is the study of mast-cell tissue heterogeneity to understand the determinants of the reactive mucosal mast-cell phenotype as defined in a model of mast-cell/airway epithelial cell coculture.

Our hope is that by understanding the mechanisms by which mast cells are primed to react at airway mucosal surfaces, we will be able to develop therapeutics that specifically target the mast cells that participate in airway inflammation without interrupting the contribution of mast cells to normal physiologic processes.

Research interest:

  • Effector cell function in allergic inflammation

Current programs:

  • Mast cell: airway epithelial cell interactions in mucosal inflammation
  • Tyrosine kinase inhibition in the treatment of mast cell disorders
  • Yingchun Han
  • Serpil C. Erzurum, M.D., Chair, Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

  • S. Jahar Haque, Ph.D., Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

  • Alan E. Lichtin, M.D., Hematology and Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Physician-Scientist Early Career Award
    “Effector Cell Development and Lineage Commitment in Allergic Inflammation”