Areas of Focus
- Role of immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface in pregnancy and pregnancy-related diseases
- Key mechanisms regulating the development and functional transformation of immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface
- Relationship between maternal immune cells and offspring birth defects, especially neurological developmental disorders
Work Experience
- 2011-2013 - University of Science and Technology of China, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Immunology
- 2013-2019 - University of Science and Technology of China, Associate Researcher/Associate Professor
- 2019-present - University of Science and Technology of China, Specially Appointed Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005 - Bachelor's Degree: Nanjing University, Department of Biological Sciences
- 2011 - PhD: University of Science and Technology of China, National Laboratory for Micro Scale
- Developed a non-invasive immune monitoring system for the endometrium
- Created a new technology for decidual-like NK cell transfer therapy for unexplained recurrent miscarriage/infertility
Publications
- Natural killer cells promote immune tolerance by regulating inflammatory TH17 cells at the human maternal-fetal interface, Binqing Fu, Xianchang Li, Rui Sun, Xianhong Tong, Bin Ling, Zhigang Tian, and Haiming H Wei, 2013
- Natural killer cells promote fetal development through the secretion of growth-promoting factors, Binqing Fu, Yonggang Zhou, Xiang Ni, Xianhong Tong, Xiuxiu Xu, Zhongjun Dong, Rui Sun, Zhigang Tian, Haiming Wei, 2017
- PBX1 Expression in Uterine Natural Killer Cells Drives Fetal Growth, Yonggang Zhou, Binqing Fu, Xiuxiu Xu, Jinghe Zhang, Xianhong Tong, Yanshi Wang, Zhongjun Dong, Xiaoren Zhang, Nan Shen, Yiwen Zhai, Xiangdong Kong, Rui Sun, Zhigang Tian, Haiming Wei, 2020
- Make killers sweeter: targeting metabolic checkpoints of NK cells, Wei H., Fu B., 2020
- Cytokine Based Generation of CD49a + Eomes -/+ Natural Killer Cell Subsets, Xiang Ni, Binqing Fu, Jinghe Zhang, Rui Sun, Zhigang Tian, Haiming Wei, 2018
- Human-Induced CD49a+ NK Cells Promote Fetal Growth, Xianghui Du, Huaiping Zhu, Defeng Jiao, Zhigang Nian, Jinghe Zhang, Yonggang Zhou, Xiaohu Zheng, Xianhong Tong, Haiming Wei, Binqing Fu, 2022
- Analysis of uterine CD49a(+) NK cell subsets in menstrual blood reflects endometrial status and association with recurrent spontaneous abortion, Tong, Xianhong; Gao, Min; Du, Xianghui; Lu, Fangting; Wu, Limin; Wei, Haiming; Fu, Binqing, 2021
Awards
- Youth Scholar Award from the Chinese Society of Immunology
- Anhui Province Teaching Newcomer
- Advanced Individual in National Science and Technology System for Epidemic Prevention and Control