Area of research
Immunology · Oncology
Research interest
Research interests include Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and CAR-T cell therapy research.
Stem-like PD-1<sup>+</sup>TCF-1<sup>+</sup> CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells result from helpless priming and rely on CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell help to complete their cytotoxic effector differentiation.
Phagocytosis of necroptotic cells optimizes type 1 conventional dendritic cells for induction of a cytotoxic T-cell response.
Requirements for development of T helper 1 and T follicular helper cells from a common precursor.
CD70 recruitment to the immunological synapse is dependent on CD20 in B cells.
CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell help delivery to monocyte-derived dendritic cells promotes effector differentiation of helper and cytotoxic T cells.
CD27 costimulation supports metabolic fitness of CD4+ T cells by enhancing de novo nucleotide and protein synthesis.
Histone methyltransferase DOT1L maintains cell state and restricts cytotoxic potential of CD8 T cells.
Histone methyltransferase DOT1L maintains identity and restricts cytotoxic potential of CD8 T cells
Requirements for development of T-helper1 and T-follicular helper cells from a common precursor
Lymph node and tumor-associated PD-L1+ macrophages antagonize dendritic cell vaccines by suppressing CD8+ T cells
Immune suppression by human thymus-derived effector Tregs relies on glucose/lactate-fueled fatty acid synthesis
The importance of type I interferon in orchestrating the cytotoxic T-cell response to cancer.
CD4+ helper T cells endow cDC1 with cancer-impeding functions in the human tumor micro-environment
Multiomics and spatial mapping characterizes human CD8 <sup>+</sup> T cell states in cancer
CD4<sup>+</sup> helper T cells endow cDC1 with cancer-impeding functions in the human tumor micro-environment.
Multiomics and spatial mapping characterizes human CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell states in cancer.
Trial watch: Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy for cancer
Trial watch: Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy for cancer.
TNFR2 Costimulation Differentially Impacts Regulatory and Conventional CD4+ T-Cell Metabolism
TNFR2 Costimulation Differentially Impacts Regulatory and Conventional CD4<sup>+</sup> T-Cell Metabolism.
Preclinical characterization and clinical translation of pharmacodynamic markers for MK-5890: a human CD27 activating antibody for cancer immunotherapy.
Proteomics reveals unique identities of human TGF-β-induced and thymus-derived CD4<sup>+</sup> regulatory T cells.
TNFR2 costimulation differentially impacts regulatory and conventional CD4
<sup>+</sup>
T-cell metabolism
Autotaxin impedes anti-tumor immunity by suppressing chemotaxis and tumor infiltration of CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells.
Mechanism of action of PD-1 receptor/ligand targeted cancer immunotherapy.
Clinically applicable CD34<sup>+</sup>-derived blood dendritic cell subsets exhibit key subset-specific features and potently boost anti-tumor T and NK cell responses.
Flagellin/TLR5 Stimulate Myeloid Progenitors to Enter Lung Tissue and to Locally Differentiate Into Macrophages.
Immunogenomic, single-cell and spatial dissection of CD8<sup>+</sup>T cell exhaustion reveals critical determinants of cancer immunotherapy
Proteomics reveals unique identities of human TGF-β-induced and thymus-derived CD4
<sup>+</sup>
regulatory T cells
Changes in Bcl-2 members after ibrutinib or venetoclax uncover functional hierarchy in determining resistance to venetoclax in CLL.