张昱实验室开发并使用功能基因组筛选、多组学高通量测序技术和生物信息分析等方法,结合体内、体外小鼠和人类肿瘤模型,研究肿瘤免疫中关键分子的调控机制,研发肿瘤免疫治疗的新方法,并将研究成果进行临床转化。
近年来肿瘤的免疫治疗发展迅速,是目前治疗肿瘤最有效的策略之一。然而,这些免疫疗法只在某些肿瘤类型和某些患者中表现出显著疗效,其中的机制目前尚不清楚。本实验室通过将体外和体内的全基因组及定制的CRISPR/Cas9筛选相结合,旨在系统地鉴定出可调控肿瘤免疫治疗效果的新基因和相关通路。
随着对人类疾病中分子和细胞机制的深入了解,靶向特定致病细胞或其前体细胞的策略已逐渐发展为新一代治疗手段。其中,细胞疗法(如嵌合抗原受体T细胞(CAR-T)、CAR-NK、CAR-Macrophage等)对某些人类肿瘤展现出了惊人的疗效。有趣的是,近年来这类靶向致病细胞的疗法已扩展到其他非肿瘤疾病领域,如心脏纤维化和衰老相关疾病。本实验室正在开发新一代的细胞治疗策略用于治疗人类疾病。
1. 组蛋白脱乙酰化酶6的功能 (EMBO J,2003;G & D,2005;JBC,2006;MCB,2008)
2. 染色体转位的机制 (Cell,2011;Cell,2012;Cell,2013;PNAS,2016)
4. 利用Cas9进行基因组标记 (Genome Biology,2018a;Genome Biology,2018b;JMCB,2019)
5. 利用单细胞测序研究免疫细胞在疾病中的变化和功能 (Circulation,2020; Nature Communications,2021)
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