Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Department of Pathology
- Institution
- Northwestern University
- Address
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303 E. Chicago Avenue
Tarry 3-762 - City, State, ZIP
- Chicago, IL 60611
- Phone
- (312) 503-3182
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/microbiology-immunology/faculty/profile.html?xid=18574
- Research field
- Immunology; Genetics
- Award year
- 2011
Research
The links among autoimmune diseases, infections, cancer, and the environment are complex and mysterious. Proper immune responses are needed to fight harmful microorganisms and tumor cells, yet those same responses have to be kept from overreacting and attacking the body's normal tissues. My long-term research goal is to identify the molecular means to modulate the balance of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cells, thereby combating infection and cancer while preventing autoimmunity. Our laboratory uses a combination of biochemistry, cellular immunology, mouse genetics, and animal models of human disease to study the development of T lymphocytes and other immune cells. We focus on understanding transcriptional regulatory networks and signaling pathways in the immune system and identifying novel targets to modulate host immune responses in health and disease.
Scholar Keywords
2011 Search Pew Scholars
- Christine M. Dunham, Ph.D.
- Thomas G. Fazzio, Ph.D.
- Max L. Fletcher, Ph.D.
- Hunter B. Fraser, Ph.D.
- Melissa K. Gardner, Ph.D.
- Mary Gehring, Ph.D.
- Jeff Gore, Ph.D.
- Takaki Komiyama, Ph.D.
- Mei Kong, Ph.D.
- Michael S. Kuhns, Ph.D.
- Erica Larschan, Ph.D.
- Eros Lazzerini Denchi, Ph.D.
- Ann C. Morris, Ph.D.
- James B. Moseley, Ph.D.
- Suzanne M. Noble, M.D., Ph.D.
- Brad J. Nolen, Ph.D.
- Chad G. Pearson, Ph.D.
- Sharad Ramanathan, Ph.D.
- Anthony R. Richardson, Ph.D.
- Niels Ringstad, Ph.D.
- Georgios Skiniotis, Ph.D.
- Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.