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2026

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Immunology

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43107
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhigang Tian is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Medicine.

The scientist's work focuses on various subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. This is reflected in their exploration of topics such as:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Zhigang Tian has published extensively in several reputed scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Cell
  • Blood

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Functional exhaustion of antiviral lymphocytes in COVID-19 patients" (2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology)
  • "Pathogenic T-cells and inflammatory monocytes incite inflammatory storms in severe COVID-19 patients" (2020, National Science Review)
  • "A pan-cancer single-cell panorama of human natural killer cells" (2023, Cell)
  • "Chemotaxis-driven delivery of nano-pathogenoids for complete eradication of tumors post-phototherapy" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Aberrant pathogenic GM-CSF+T cells and inflammatory CD14+CD16+monocytes in severe pulmonary syndrome patients of a new coronavirus" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Rui Sun
  • Haiming Wei
  • Xiaohu Zheng
  • Binqing Fu
  • Haoyu Sun

Best Publications

  • Functional exhaustion of antiviral lymphocytes in COVID-19 patients.

    Meijuan Zheng;Yong Gao;Gang Wang;Guobin Song

  • Pathogenic T-cells and inflammatory monocytes incite inflammatory storms in severe COVID-19 patients

    Yonggang Zhou;Binqing Fu;Xiaohu Zheng;Dongsheng Wang

  • Liver : An Organ with Predominant Innate Immunity

    Bin Gao;Won-Il Jeong;Zhigang Tian

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Blockade of the checkpoint receptor TIGIT prevents NK cell exhaustion and elicits potent anti-tumor immunity.

    Qing Zhang;Jiacheng Bi;Xiaodong Zheng;Yongyan Chen

  • Dopamine Controls Systemic Inflammation through Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome

    Yiqing Yan;Wei Jiang;Lei Liu;Xiaqiong Wang

  • Omega-3 fatty acids prevent inflammation and metabolic disorder through inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

    Yiqing Yan;Wei Jiang;Thibaud Spinetti;Thibaud Spinetti;Aubry Tardivel

  • NK cell-based immunotherapy for malignant diseases

    Min Cheng;Yongyan Chen;Weihua Xiao;Rui Sun

  • T cell anergy, exhaustion, senescence, and stemness in the tumor microenvironment.

    Joel Crespo;Haoyu Sun;Theodore H Welling;Zhigang Tian

  • Natural killer cells ameliorate liver fibrosis by killing activated stellate cells in NKG2D-dependent and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-dependent manners

    Svetlana Radaeva;Rui Sun;Barbara Jaruga;Van T. Nguyen

  • Tissue-resident natural killer (NK) cells are cell lineages distinct from thymic and conventional splenic NK cells

    Dorothy K Sojka;Beatrice Plougastel-Douglas;Liping Yang;Melissa A Pak-Wittel

  • Respiratory influenza virus infection induces intestinal immune injury via microbiota-mediated Th17 cell–dependent inflammation

    Jian Wang;Fengqi Li;Haiming Wei;Zhe-Xiong Lian

  • Liver-resident NK cells confer adaptive immunity in skin-contact inflammation.

    Hui Peng;Xiaojun Jiang;Yonglin Chen;Dorothy K. Sojka

  • A pan-cancer single-cell panorama of human natural killer cells

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  • Dysfunction of Natural Killer Cells by FBP1-Induced Inhibition of Glycolysis during Lung Cancer Progression

    Jingjing Cong;Xianwei Wang;Xiaohu Zheng;Dong Wang

  • RNA viruses promote activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome through a RIP1-RIP3-DRP1 signaling pathway

    Xiaqiong Wang;Wei Jiang;Yiqing Yan;Tao Gong

  • Suppression of graft-versus-host disease and amplification of graft-versus-tumor effects by activated natural killer cells after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

    Osamu Asai;Dan L. Longo;Zhi Gang Tian;Ronald L. Hornung

  • Impaired natural killer (NK) cell activity in leptin receptor deficient mice: leptin as a critical regulator in NK cell development and activation.

    Zhigang Tian;Rui Sun;Rui Sun;Rui Sun;Haiming Wei;Haiming Wei;Bin Gao

  • Natural killer cells in liver disease

    Zhigang Tian;Yongyan Chen;Bin Gao

  • HBV inhibits LPS-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β production via suppressing the NF-κB pathway and ROS production

    Xin Yu;Peixiang Lan;Xuben Hou;Qiuju Han

  • Opposing roles of STAT1 and STAT3 in T cell-mediated hepatitis: regulation by SOCS

    Feng Hong;Barbara Jaruga;Won Ho Kim;Svetlana Radaeva

  • NK cell-based immunotherapy for cancer.

    Fang Fang;Weihua Xiao;Zhigang Tian

Frequent Co-Authors

Haiming Wei
Haiming Wei University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Sun
Rui Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Sun
Rui Sun Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Bin Gao
Bin Gao National Institutes of Health
William J. Murphy
William J. Murphy Texas A&M University
Zhe-Xiong Lian
Zhe-Xiong Lian University of Science and Technology of China
Dong Wang
Dong Wang Peking University
Xuetao Cao
Xuetao Cao Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Wayne M. Yokoyama
Wayne M. Yokoyama Washington University in St. Louis
Xiang Gao
Xiang Gao Nanjing University

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