Function of Immune system
The immune system is a collection of mechanisms that protects against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and abnormal cells.
The immune system detects a huge variety of agents (like viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, cancer cell, and senescent cell etc.) and distinguish them from own healthy cells and tissues.
Our research focus on developing novel targeted therapies and immunotherapies to boost the body’s natural defenses to cue human diseases and increase lifespan.
Autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases are caused by over activation of immune system, which the immune system attacks and damages its own healthy tissues.
Immunodeficiency diseases
Immunodeficiency disorders prevent your body from fighting infections and diseases.
This type of disorder makes it easier for you to catch viruses and bacterial infections.
Immune system and aging
There is no doubt that the immune system and age are highly corelated
Our focuses:
● aging & immune deficiency, reason & result?
● How to restore the function of immune system to detect and kill the senescent cells in the elders?
● How to prevent aging? How to turn the elders into youths? How to make Immortality possible in the coming decades.
Immune system and Cancer
Host immune system shapes tumor fate
in three phases through the activation
of innate and adaptive immune mechanisms.
Elimination phase, transformed cells are destroyed by a competent immune system.
Equilibrium phase, Sporadic tumor cells that manage to survive immune destruction.
Escape phase, immunologically sculpted tumors begin to grow progressively, become clinically apparent and establish an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
We are on the way to cue cancers
Our focus
Immune checkpoint blockade
● Biomarkers for checkpoint blocker
● The resistance molecular mechanism ● Novel checkpoint molecules
Tumor vaccine
● Engineered cancer cell based tumor vaccine ● Dendritic cell based vaccine
● Neoantigen identification
● Immune adjuvants
CAR T
● Multiple antigens based CARs
● Improvement of amplification efficiency ● Gas & Brake
Combination Therapies
● Target therapy
● Chemotherapy
● Radiotherapy
● Efficacy & Safety
Course Features
- Lectures 1
- Quizzes 1
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 5
- Assessments Yes
