Meixiang Yang

Title: Professor

Discipline: Immunology

Position: Doctoral Supervisor

Research Interests:

Metabolic regulation of the development and function of innate immune cells

The role of innate immune cells in cancer and reproduction   

Major Publications and Research Projects:

1. He J, ...Yang M#, Dong Z#. A Microbiota- and IL-15-Dependent Innate-Like B Cell Progenitor Expressing E4BP4. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 Feb;13(8):e12444（1区，IF: 14.1）

2. Feng P, ... Yang M#. Vps34 sustains Treg cell survival and function via regulating intracellular redox homeostasis. Cell Death Differ. 2024 Aug 8.（1区，IF: 15.4）

3 Xiao Z, ....Yang M#. Lkb1 orchestrates γδ T-cell metabolic and functional fitness to control IL-17-mediated autoimmune hepatitis. Cell Mol Immunol. 2024 Jun;21(6):546-560.（1区，IF: 19.8）

4. He J, ... Yang M#, Dong Z#. Eomesodermin spatiotemporally orchestrates the early and late stages of NK cell development by targeting KLF2 and T-bet, respectively. Cell Mol Immunol. 2024 May 13.（1区，IF: 19.8）

5.  Luo L, ...Yang M#. Transcription factor TOX maintains the expression of Mst1 in controlling the early mouse NK cell development. Theranostics. 2023 Mar 27;13(7):2072-2087.（1区，IF: 13.3）

6. Li D, ...Yang M#, Dong Z#.mTORC1 and mTORC2 coordinate early NK cell development by differentially inducing E4BP4 and T-bet. Cell Death Differ. 2021 Jan 18.（1区，IF: 15.4）

7. Zeng X, ...Yang M#, Dong Z#. Combined deficiency of SLAMF8 and SLAMF9 prevents endotoxin-induced liver inflammation by downregulating TLR4 expression on macrophages. Cell Mol Immunol. 2020 Feb;17(2):153-162.（1区，IF: 19.8）

8. Feng P, ...Yang M#. The kinase PDK1 regulates regulatory T cell survival via controlling redox homeostasis. Theranostics. 2021 Sep 13;11(19): 9503-9518.(共（1区，IF: 13.3）

9.Yang M*, .... NK cell development requires Tsc1-dependent negative regulation of IL-15-triggered mTORC1 activation. Nat Commun. 2016 Sep 7;7:12730.（1区，IF: 15.7）

10. Chen S*, Yang M*... The Self-Specific Activation Receptor SLAM Family Is Critical for NK Cell Education. Immunity. 2016 Aug 16;45(2):292-304.（1区，IF: 26.3)

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The National Natural Science Foundation of China:

Project No. 82571993 (2026-2029)

Project No. 82271754 (2023-2026)

Project No. 82071737 (2021-2024)

Project No. 81771666 (2018-2020)