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  • Lymph nodes at the crossroads of allo immunity and regulation

  • Nano immune delivery in transplantation

  • Pioneering intra organ delivery of nano-therapeutics

  • New drug target for cancer therapy

  • Immune Delivery for Cancer Therapy

  • Targeted immune delivery in T1D

  • Targeted immune delivery for refractory immune conditions

  • Research at the Interface of Medicine and Bioengineering

Advanced immune imaging KAIST

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  1. Wang X, Li X, Zhao J, Li Y, Shin SR, Ligresti G, Ng AHM, Bromberg JS, Church G, Lemos DR, Abdi R. Rapid Generation of hPSC-Derived High Endothelial Venule Organoids with In Vivo Ectopic Lymphoid Tissue Capabilities. Adv Mater. 2024 Feb 02; e2308760. PMID: 38306610.

  2. Tsokos GC, Boulougoura A, Kasinath V, Endo Y, Abdi R, Li H. Author Correction: The immunoregulatory roles of non-haematopoietic cells in the kidney. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2024 Jan; 20(1):70. PMID: 37996613.

  3. Podestà MA, Cavazzoni CB, Hanson BL, Bechu ED, Ralli G, Clement RL, Zhang H, Chandrakar P, Lee JM, Reyes-Robles T, Abdi R, Diallo A, Sen DR, Sage PT. Stepwise differentiation of follicular helper T cells reveals distinct developmental and functional states. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 24; 14(1):7712. PMID: 38001088; PMCID: PMC10674016.

  4. Tsokos GC, Boulougoura A, Kasinath V, Endo Y, Abdi R, Li H. The immunoregulatory roles of non-haematopoietic cells in the kidney. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2023 Nov 20. PMID: 37985868.

  5. Iske J, Roesel MJ, Martin F, Schroeter A, Matsunaga T, Maenosono R, Tripathi U, Xiao Y, Nian Y, Caldarone BJ, Vondran FWR, Sage PT, Azuma H, Abdi R, Elkhal A, Pirtskhalava T, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Transplanting old organs promotes senescence in young recipients. Am J Transplant. 2024 Mar; 24(3):391-405. PMID: 37913871; PMCID: PMC10922683.

  6. Zhang H, Cavazzoni CB, Podestà MA, Bechu ED, Ralli G, Chandrakar P, Lee JM, Sayin I, Tullius SG, Abdi R, Chong AS, Blazar BR, Sage PT. IL-21-producing effector Tfh cells promote B cell alloimmunity in lymph nodes and kidney allografts. JCI Insight. 2023 Oct 23; 8(20). PMID: 37870962; PMCID: PMC10619486.

  7. Jung S, Ben Nasr M, Bahmani B, Usuelli V, Zhao J, Sabiu G, Seelam AJ, Naini SM, Balasubramanian HB, Park Y, Li X, Khalefa SA, Kasinath V, Williams MD, Rachid O, Haik Y, Tsokos GC, Wasserfall CH, Atkinson MA, Bromberg JS, Tao W, Fiorina P, Abdi R. Nanotargeted Delivery of Immune Therapeutics in Type 1 Diabetes. Adv Mater. 2023 Oct; 35(40):e2300812. PMID: 37357903; PMCID: PMC10629472.

  8. Melloni A, Liu L, Kashinath V, Abdi R, Shah K. Meningeal lymphatics and their role in CNS disorder treatment: moving past misconceptions. Front Neurosci. 2023; 17:1184049. PMID: 37502683; PMCID: PMC10368987.

  9. Iske J, Dedeilia A, Xiao Y, Martin F, Emmert MY, Sage PT, Abdi R, Zhou H, Tullius SG. The Impact of T-cell Aging on Alloimmunity and Inflammaging. Transplantation. 2024 Mar 01; 108(3):634-642. PMID: 37389638; PMCID: PMC10756935.

  10. Sabiu G, Kasinath V, Jung S, Li X, Tsokos GC, Abdi R. Targeted nanotherapy for kidney diseases: a comprehensive review. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023 05 31; 38(6):1385-1396. PMID: 35945647; PMCID: PMC10229287.

NEWS

January 15

Congratulations to Xiaofei Li on being promoted to Instructor!

February 15

Congratulations to Sungwook Jung on being promoted to Instructor!

March 15

Happy Holidays from the Transplant Research Center!