hLife Open Access Editors-in-Chief: George Fu Gao, PhD, Chen Dong, PhD, Jules A. Hoffmann, PhD
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George Fu Gao, PhD

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Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Pathogen microbiology and immunology, enveloped viruses, molecular immunology, public health policy and global health strategy

Chen Dong, PhD

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Westlake University, Hangzhou, China

T-cell differentiation, Autoimmune disease therapy, Tumor immunotherapy

Jules A. Hoffmann, PhD

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University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

Mechanism of the innate immune system

Executive Editor

Longchao Liu, PhD

Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

T cell-targeting immunotherapy, therapeutic antibody engineering, multi-omics driven tumor microenvironment decoding

 

Junhao Zhu, PhD

Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tuberculosis, systems biology, pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic resistance, artificial intelligence, computer vision, transcriptomics

Section Editors

Rita Carsetti, PhD

Bambino Gesu Children's Research Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Immunology, antibody, immune system, B cell, and immunodeficiency

 

Cui Hua Liu, PhD

Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions, Drug resistance and drug tolerance in pathogenic bacteria

 

Guangwen Lu, PhD

Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Enveloped virus, Structural and molecular architecture, Entry and infection, Vaccine antigen design, Anti-virals.

 

Zhimin Lu, MD, PhD

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Cancer metabolism, tumorigenesis and tumor progression

 

Lai Guan Ng, PhD

Westlake University, Hangzhou, China

Intrinsic immunity, including the functions and mechanisms of myeloid cells in homeostasis and in pathological states

 

Min Peng, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

T cell biology

 

Patricia Rijo, PhD

Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal

Medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, natural products chemistry, antimicrobial

 

Huji Xu, MD

Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China

Immunology, human genetics and vaccinology, pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases

 

Jin Zhong, PhD

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Hepatitis C virus, Ebola virus, flaviviruses, filoviruses, biology of human RNA viruses

 

Jian Zhou, MD, PhD

Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Liver cancer, liver transplantation, recurrence and metastasis

Managing Editor

Qun Yan, PhD

Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Viruses diversity

Editorial Board Members

Zhiqiang An, PhD

University of Texas System, Houston, Texas, United States of America (the)

Antibody drug resistance mechanisms, biomarkers for therapeutic antibodies, antibody drug discovery targeting human diseases

 

Veronique Angeli, PhD

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lymphedema pathophysiology and treatment, physiological functions of tissue-resident macrophages

 

Francesco Berlanda Scorza, PhD

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Innovative vaccine and global health

 

Bruce A. Beutler, MD

University of Texas System, Richardson, Texas, United States of America (the)

Mechanism of the innate immune system, genetics in immunity

 

Patricia Torres Bozza Viola, MD, PhD

Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Translational medicine, inflammatory and metabolic response to infections, immunology

 

Wuchun Cao, PhD

Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, application of spatial information technology in public health and molecular epidemiology

 

George Guo-Qiang Chen, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Microbial physiology, microbial PHA production and applications, synthetic biology

 

Guoqiang Chen, MD, PhD

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Tumor cell fate determination, regulatory mechanism of tumor microenvironment

 

Xiaoping Chen, MD

Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and organ transplantation

 

Yihan Chen, MD, PhD

Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Clinical work and basic research on cardiovascular diseases

 

Zhijian James Chen, PhD

University of Texas System, Dallas, Texas, United States of America (the)

Mechanisms of cell signaling, Inflammation and innate immunity

 

Gong Cheng, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Viral pathogenesis and transmission, insect immunity, vector biology, arbovirus

 

Yeonseok Chung, PhD

Seoul National University College of Pharmacy, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Immunology T cell, B cell, Dendritic cell, Immunometabolism, Immunosenescence

 

Jason G. Cyster, PhD

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America (the)

Intercellular communications and cell migration dynamics underlying anti-pathogen and anti-tumor immune responses

 

Juan Du, PhD

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Interactions between microbiota and the development of diseases including tumors

 

Jia Fan, MD, PhD

Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Hepatobiliary neoplasms, liver transplantation

 

Yangxin Fu, MD, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Immunotherapy and immunopathology of cancer and infectious diseases

 

Shan Gao, PhD

Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Epitranscriptic regulation of cancer driver mutation and immune escaping of cancer cells

 

Sankar Ghosh, PhD

Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America (the)

Immunology, molecular biology, gene regulation

 

Deyin Guo, PhD

Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Viral infection, immunity, antiviral development

 

Yuming Guo, MD, PhD

Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Environmental epidemiology, global environmental health, air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, biostatistics

 

Kenya Honda, MD, PhD

Keio University, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Relationship between specific members of the microbiota and immune cell subset using gnotobiotic animal models with the emphasis of human diseases

 

Xiaoyu Hu, PhD

Westlake University, Hangzhou, China

Innate immune effector functions and implications in human diseases

 

Young-Min Hyun, PhD

Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Mechanisms of leukocyte migration and function on inflammation and infectious disease using bio-optical techniques

 

Matteo Iannacone, MD, PhD

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Immunology

 

Mark von Itzstein, PhD

Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia

Chemical glycobiology, glycovirology, drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, infectious diseases

 

Jadwiga Jablonska-Koch, PhD

University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Neutrophil-dependent immunoregulatory mechanisms

 

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, PhD, DVM

The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Molecular pathogenesis of influenza and Ebola viruses

 

Heidi J. Larson, PhD

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Vaccine acceptance/hesitancy, ethics, policy legislation and digital health

 

Ming Li, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America (the)

Tumor-elicited innate and adaptive immune responses, cancer therapy

 

Jian Lu, PhD

Peking University, Beijing, China

Evolutionary biology, gene regulation mediated by small RNAs microRNA, siRNA, and piRNA and long non coding RNAs lincRNA, bioinformatics, virus evolution, population genetics

 

Lin Lu, MD, PhD

Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Neurobiological mechanisms and clinical intervention measures of substance addiction and depression

 

Bernard Malissen, PhD

Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Molecular and structural analysis of the TCR transduction cassette, molecular basis of T cell development, genetic dissection of T cell and dendritic cell functions

 

Alberto Mantovani, MD

Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Lombardy, Italy

Tumor biology, chemokines, IL-1, macrophages, tumor immunology, inflammation, innate immunity, pathogen receptors

 

Carlos M. Morel, MD

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Health and neglected diseases

 

Georg Nagel, PhD

University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

Membrane transport and optogenetics

 

Lisa Fong Poh Ng, PhD

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

Immune responses of arthritic arboviruses that are epidemic or highly endemic in the tropical region

 

Renato Ostuni, PhD

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Genomic control of macrophage activation

 

Peter Piot, MD, PhD

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

HIV, Ebola, infectious disease epidemiology, public health, and health policy

 

Hai Qi, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Humoral immune regulation, germinal center biology

 

Wei Qian, PhD

Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Biochemical mechanisms of pathogen bacteria sensing host plants and environmental stimuli

 

Cheng-Feng Qin, PhD

Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging viruses with global impact

 

Rino Rappuoli, PhD

Biotechnological Foundation of Siena, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Vaccinology, bacterial virulence, and immunology

 

Jeff V. Ravetch, MD, PhD

The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America (the)

Interactions between antibodies and immune cells' Fc receptors

 

Feng Shao, PhD

National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China

Inflammasome, pyroptosis, bacterial virulence, innate immunity, cell death, cancer immunity

 

Pei-Yong Shi, PhD

University of Texas System, Galveston, Texas, United States of America (the)

Virology, antiviral discovery, vaccine development, infectious diseases

 

Song-Hai Shi, PhD

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, neocortical circuits

 

George Siber, MD

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America (the)

Developing vaccines and antibody products

 

Geoffrey L. Smith, PhD

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Poxviruses and their interactions with the host cell and the immune system

 

Erwei Song, MD, PhD

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Tumor ecology and anti-tumor immunity, regulatory network of non-coding RNA in the tumor ecosystem

 

Oksana A. Svitich, PhD

Mechnikov Vaccine & Serum Institute of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Molecular genetic mechanisms of immunity during vaccination

 

Moshe Szyf, PhD

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Behavioral epigenetics

 

Tadatsugu Taniguchi, PhD

The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mechanisms of signal transduction and gene expression underlying immunity and oncogenesis

 

Irina Udalova, PhD

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Transcriptional regulators of myeloid cells

 

Hongyan Wang, PhD

Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Immune cells, inflammation and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

 

Jianwei Wang, PhD

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Immunology of respiratory virus infection, virus-host interaction, innate immunity

 

Linfa Wang, PhD

Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Zoonotic diseases, bat immunology, pathogen discovery

 

Linqi Wang, PhD

Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Fungal pathogenicity, drug resistance and tolerance, novel antifungal therapies

 

Qihui Wang, PhD

Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Patterns of host antibody response, Viral entry mechanisms, AI-based design and development of immune interventions

 

Eric Westhof, PhD

University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

Relationships between sequences, three-dimensional structures, evolution and functions of RNA molecules and their complexes

 

Chenqi Xu, PhD

Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Lymphocyte and disease

 

Ruifu Yang, PhD

Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Host-bacterial pathogen interaction, pathogenesis evolution and development of rapid diagnostic assays

 

Zhenglin Yang, PhD

Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China

Medical genetics and genomics

 

Akihiko Yoshimura, PhD

Keio University, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Signal transduction of cytokine receptors and its regulation, functions of regulatory T cells

 

Zhi-Ming Zheng, MD, PhD

National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America (the)

DNA tumor viruses