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Overview

Di Yu is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in medical and immunological research. Their work spans several domains within medicine, with primary focuses on immunology and microbiology. Within these fields, their research contributions are particularly concentrated in immunology, molecular biology, physiology, oncology, and rheumatology.

Their research topics include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Asthma and Respiratory Diseases
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Di Yu has published extensively in various scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Clinical & Translational Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Allergy

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Selenium-GPX4 axis protects follicular helper T cells from ferroptosis," 2021, Nature Immunology
  • "Macrophage-tumor chimeric exosomes accumulate in lymph node and tumor to activate the immune response and the tumor microenvironment," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Peripheral CD4+ T cell subsets and antibody response in COVID-19 convalescent individuals," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Dimensionality reduction by UMAP reinforces sample heterogeneity analysis in bulk transcriptomic data," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Roles of follicular helper and regulatory T cells in allergic diseases and allergen immunotherapy," 2020, Allergy

Collaborations have been a notable aspect of Di Yu's research career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Yunbo Wei
  • Yang Yang
  • Yin Yao
  • Zheng Liu
  • Zhian Chen

Best Publications

  • Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

    Kendle M. Maslowski;Angelica T. Vieira;Angelica T. Vieira;Aylwin Ng;Jan Kranich

  • The transcriptional repressor Bcl-6 directs T follicular helper cell lineage commitment

    Di Yu;Sudha Rao;Louis M Tsai;Sau K Lee

  • Follicular Helper T Cells

    Carola G. Vinuesa;Michelle A. Linterman;Di Yu;Ian C.M. MacLennan

  • A RING-type ubiquitin ligase family member required to repress follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

    Carola G. Vinuesa;Matthew C. Cook;Constanza Angelucci;Vicki Athanasopoulos

  • IL-21 acts directly on B cells to regulate Bcl-6 expression and germinal center responses

    Michelle A. Linterman;Laura L. Beaton;Di Yu;Di Yu;Roybel R. Ramiscal

  • A Fundamental Role for Interleukin-21 in the Generation of T Follicular Helper Cells

    Alexis Vogelzang;Helen N McGuire;Di Yu;Jonathon Sprent

  • Circulating precursor CCR7(lo)PD-1(hi) CXCR5⁺ CD4⁺ T cells indicate Tfh cell activity and promote antibody responses upon antigen reexposure.

    Jing He;Louis M Tsai;Yew A Leong;Xin Jack Hu;Xin Jack Hu

  • Follicular helper T cells are required for systemic autoimmunity.

    Michelle A. Linterman;Robert J. Rigby;Raphael. K. Wong;Di Yu

  • Low-dose interleukin-2 treatment selectively modulates CD4(+) T cell subsets in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Jing He;Xia Zhang;Yunbo Wei;Xiaolin Sun

  • Preparation of Hierarchical Hollow CaCO3 Particles and the Application as Anticancer Drug Carrier

    Wei Wei;Guang-Hui Ma;Gang Hu;Di Yu

  • CXCR5 + follicular cytotoxic T cells control viral infection in B cell follicles

    Yew Ann Leong;Yaping Chen;Hong Sheng Ong;Di Wu

  • Roquin represses autoimmunity by limiting inducible T-cell co-stimulator messenger RNA

    Di Yu;Andy Hee-Meng Tan;Xin Hu;Vicki Athanasopoulos

  • CXCR5 Expressing Human Central Memory CD4 T Cells and Their Relevance for Humoral Immune Responses

    Nina Chevalier;Nina Chevalier;David Jarrossay;Edwin Ho;Danielle T Avery

  • B cell priming for extrafollicular antibody responses requires Bcl-6 expression by T cells

    Sau K. Lee;Robert J. Rigby;Dimitra Zotos;Louis M. Tsai

  • Selenium-GPX4 axis protects follicular helper T cells from ferroptosis.

    Yin Yao;Yin Yao;Yin Yao;Zhian Chen;Zhian Chen;Hao Zhang;Hao Zhang;Cailing Chen

  • Efficacy and safety of low-dose IL-2 in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jing He;Ruijun Zhang;Miao Shao;Xiaozhen Zhao

  • Severe Malaria Infections Impair Germinal Center Responses by Inhibiting T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation

    Victoria Ryg-Cornejo;Victoria Ryg-Cornejo;Lisa Julia Ioannidis;Lisa Julia Ioannidis;Ann Ly;Ann Ly;Chris Yu Chiu;Chris Yu Chiu

  • Macrophage-tumor chimeric exosomes accumulate in lymph node and tumor to activate the immune response and the tumor microenvironment.

    Shuang Wang;Feng Li;Tong Ye;Jianghua Wang

  • The elusive identity of T follicular helper cells

    Di Yu;Carola G. Vinuesa

  • Increased glucose metabolic activity is associated with CD4+ T-cell activation and depletion during chronic HIV infection.

    CS Palmer;M Ostrowski;M Gouillou;L Tsai

  • Peripheral CD4+ T cell subsets and antibody response in COVID-19 convalescent individuals.

    Fang Gong;Yaping Dai;Ting Zheng;Liang Cheng

  • Roquin-2 Shares Functions with Its Paralog Roquin-1 in the Repression of mRNAs Controlling T Follicular Helper Cells and Systemic Inflammation

    Alvin Pratama;Roybel R. Ramiscal;Diego G. Silva;Souvik K. Das

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Mackay
Charles R. Mackay Qilu University of Technology
Carola G. Vinuesa
Carola G. Vinuesa Australian National University
Yang Yang
Yang Yang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Nan Shen
Nan Shen Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne
Marc Pellegrini
Marc Pellegrini Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Christopher C. Goodnow
Christopher C. Goodnow Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Matthew C. Cook
Matthew C. Cook Australian National University
Michelle A. Linterman
Michelle A. Linterman Babraham Institute
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute

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