Areas of Focus
- Tumor Immunity and Immunometabolism
Work Experience
- 2022-present: Professor at Nanjing Medical University, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Immunology
- 2017-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Immunology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-2017: PhD in Medical Cell and Molecular Biology, Soochow University
- Achievement: Published research in high-impact journals
Publications
- Glycolysis drives STING signaling to facilitate dendritic cell antitumor function, Zhilin Hu*, Xiaoyan Yu, Rui Ding, Ben Liu, Chuanjia Gu, Xiu-Wu Pan, Qiaoqiao Han, Yuerong Zhang, Jie Wan, Xin-Gang Cui*, Jiayuan Sun*, and Qiang Zou*, 2023
- SENP3 senses oxidative stress to facilitate STING-dependent dendritic cell antitumor function, Hu, Zhilin#; Teng, Xiao-Lu#; Zhang, Tianyu; Yu, Xiaoyan; Ding, Rui; Yi, Jing; Deng, Liufu*; Wang, Zhengting*; Zou, Qiang*, 2021
- Acylglycerol Kinase Maintains Metabolic State and Immune Responses of CD8+ T Cells, Hu, Zhilin#; Qu, Guojun#; Yu, Xiaoyan#; Jiang, Haojie; Teng, Xiao-Lu; Ding, Lei; Hu, Qianwen; Guo, Xinwei; Zhou, Yan; Wang, Feng; Li, Hua-Bing; Chen, Lei; Jiang, Jin; Su, Bing*; Liu, Junling*; Zou, Qiang*, 2019