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Chunfu Yang
Medical School
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Immunopathogenesis
Infectious Diseases
Trained Immunity
Molecular Mechanisms
Immunopathological Damage
Recombinant Vaccines
Subunit Vaccines
Chlamydia
Vaccine Development
Immunology
Areas of Focus
- Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases
- Molecular mechanisms of trained immunity in immunopathological damage in infectious diseases
- Development of recombinant subunit vaccines for Chlamydia
Work Experience
- 2021.12 - Present: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology
- 2017.07-2021.11: Staff Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
- 2015.07-2017.07: Research Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
- 2013.07-2015.07: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
- 2012.07-2013.06: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-2012: PhD in Microbiology, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003-2006: Master's in Animal Virology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- 1999-2003: Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University
Publications
- Chlamydia evasion of neutrophil host defense results in NLRP3 dependent myeloid-mediated sterile inflammation through the purinergic P2X7 receptor, Yang C, Lei, L, Collins MJ, Briones M, Ma L, Sturdevant GL, Su H, Kashyap AK, Dorward D, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, Chen CY, Martens CA, Ricklefs S, Yamamoto M, Takeda K, Iwakura Y, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2021
- Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Gene Protein 3 Is Essential for the Establishment of Persistent Infection and Associated Immunopathology, Yang C, Kari L, Lei, L, Carlson JH, Ma L, Couch CE, Whitmire WM, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2020
- Chlamydia trachomatis Lipopolysaccharide Evades the Canonical and Noncanonical Inflammatory Pathways To Subvert Innate Immunity, Yang C, Briones M, Chiou J, Lei, L, Patton MJ, Ma L, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2019
- Infection of Hysterectomized mice with Chlamydia muridarum and Chlamydia trachomatis, Yang C, Sturdevant GL, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2017
- Chlamydial Exit from Host cells Is Plasmid Regulated, Yang C, Starr T, Song L, Carlson JH, Sturdevant GL, Beare PA, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2015
- Type I interferons Triggered Through the TLR3-TRIF Pathway Control Coxsackievirus A16 Infection in Young Mice, Yang J, Yang C, Guo N, Zhu K, Kaiming L, Zhang N, Zhao H, Cui Y, Chen L, Wang H, Gu J, Ge B, Cheng-Feng Q, Leng Q, 2015
- TLR3 Signaling in Macrophages Is Indispensable for the Protective Immunity of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells against Enterovirus 71 Infection, Zhu K, Yang J, Luo K, Yang C, Zhang N, Xu R, Chen J, Jin M, Xu B, Guo N, Wang J, Chen Z, Cui Y, Zhao H, Wang Y, Deng C, Bai L, Ge B, Qin CF, Shen H, Yang C, Leng Q, 2015
- Neutralizing Antibody Response in the Patients with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease to Enterovirus 71 and its Clinical Implications, Yang C, Deng C, Wan J, Zhu L, Leng Q, 2011
