Research Fellowship

我是一名免疫学家，专注于了解我们如何在预防自身免疫的同时对抗慢性感染。该提案旨在研究一种称为Tfh细胞的淋巴细胞亚群如何受到调节，以促进保护性抗体的形成，并防止有害抗体的发展，这些抗体会导致或加剧狼疮，类风湿性关节炎和1型糖尿病等疾病。我们的发现将阐明这些疾病的新药物靶点，并有助于产生更有效的疫苗。

I am an immunologist focusing on understanding how can we combat chronic infections while preventing autoimmunity. This proposal aims to investigate how a poorly understood subset of lymphocytes called Tfh cells are regulated to promote the formation of protective antibodies, and prevent development of harmful antibodies that go on to cause or exacerbate diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. Our discoveries will illuminate novel drug targets for these diseases and help generate more potent vaccines.