CIMR-Zihou Deng

Research Group

Zihou Deng

zihoud(at)gmail.com

Assistant Investigator

zihoud(at)gmail.com

B.S. in Life Science, Central China Normal University, China

Ph.D. in Microbiology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Work Experience

2024.7

Assistant investigator, Chinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing, China

2021.8-2024.6

Senior Research Scientist. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

2016.8-2021.7

Research Scholar. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Research Direction

The Deng laboratory focused on the mechanistic understanding of immune regulation in diseases such as cancer, tissue damage, and neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on macrophage biology in these contexts, to develop mechanism-based intervention approaches to improve disease treatment.

Major Research Projects

1. Understanding the function and mechanisms of macrophages in diseases such as cancer, tissue damage.

2. Unveiling the mechanisms of immune escape in metastasis.

3. Targeting macrophages biology for cancer therapy.

Major Contributions

1. Discovery of the critical roles of ID3 in endowing macrophages with anti-tumor activity (Nature, 2024).

2. Discovery of SHP-2 as a required factor for mediating C-type lectin receptor-induced activation of the kinase Syk and anti-fungal T_H17 responses. (NatureImmunology, 2015).

Representative Publications *：Co-first author; #：Co-corresponding author

Deng Z, Loyher PL, Lazarov T, Li L, Shen Z, Bhinder B, Yang H, Alberdi A, Massague J, Sun J, Benezra R, Glass CK, Elemento O, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Geissmann F#. The nuclear factor ID3 endows macrophages with a potent anti-tumor activity. Nature, 2024, 626: 864-873. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06950-4

Deng Z, Ma S, Zhou H, Zang A, Fang Y, Li T, Shi H, Liu M, Du M, Taylor PR, Zhu HH, Chen J, Meng G, Li F, Chen C, Zhang Y, Jia XM, Lin X, Zhang X, Pearlman E, Li X, Feng GS, Xiao H^#. Tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 mediates C-type lectin receptor-induced activation of the kinase Syk and anti-fungal T_H17 responses. Nature Immunology, 2015, 16: 642-652. DOI: 10.1038/ni.3155

Sakai M*, Troutman T D*., Seidman J S*., Ouyang Z,. Spann NJ, AbeY, Ego KM, Bruni CM, Deng Z, Schlachetzki JCM, Nott A, Bennett H, Chang J, Vu BCT, Pasillas MP, Link VM, Texari L, Heinz S, Thompson BM, McDonald JG, Geissmann F, and Glass CK^#. Liver-derived signals sequentially reprogram myeloid enhancers to initiate and maintain Kupffer cell identity. Immunity, 2019, 51: 655-670.e8. DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.09.002

Wang W, Deng Z, Wu H, Zhao Q, Li T, Zhu W, Wang X, Tang L, Wang C, Cui SZ, Xiao H^#, Chen J^#. A small secreted protein triggers a TLR2/4-dependent inflammatory response during invasive Candida albicans infection. Nature Communication, 2019, 10: 1015. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08950-3

Loyher PL*, Hamon P*, Laviron M, Meghraoui-Kheddar A, Goncalves E, Deng Z, Torstensson S, Bercovici N, Baudesson de Chanville C, Combadière B, Geissmann F, Savina A, Combadière C, Boissonnas A^#. Macrophages of distinct origins contribute to tumor development in the lung. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2018, 215: 2536- 2553.DOI: 10.1084/jem.20180534

Ma S, Wan X, Deng Z, Shi L, Hao C, Zhou Z, Zhou C, Fang Y, Liu J, Yang J, Chen X, Li T, Zang A, Yin S, Li B, Plumas J, Chaperot L, Zhang X, Xu G, Jiang L, Shen N, Xiong S, Gao X, Zhang Y, Xiao H^#. Epigenetic regulator CXXC5 recruits DNA demethylase Tet2 to regulate TLR7/9-elicited IFN response in pDCs. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2017, 214:1471-1491. DOI: 10.1084/jem.20161149

Full List of Publications Can Be Found here