Immunoengineering
Immune cells play important roles in tissue regeneration, infectious diseases, cancer therapy, and organ transplantation. We are interested in engineering bioactive micro/nano materials and drug delivery systems to modulate immune cell activation and functions, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics. The current projects include: (1) enhance long-term memory of immune cells to fight infectious diseases and cancer, (2) modulate immune cells for tissue regeneration and disease therapy (e.g., diabetes).
Publication Highlights
Research
December 2021
Immunomodulatory microneedle patch for periodontal tissue regeneration
Matter 5, 1–17
Xuexiang Zhang, Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, Jana Zarubova, Erfan Dashtimighadam, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Ali Khademhosseini, Manish J. Butte, Alireza Moshaverinia, Tara Aghaloo, Song Li.
Review
May 2021
Biomaterial-based Immunoengineering to Fight COVID-19 and Infectious Diseases.
Matter.
Zarubova J, Zhang X, Hoffman T, Hasani-Sadrabadi MM, Li S.
Review
Dec 2020
Unraveling the mechanobiology of immune cells.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 66:236-245.
Zhang X, Kim T, Thauland TJ, Li H, Majedi FS, Ly C, Gu Z, Butte MJ, Rowat AC, Li S.
Research
Sep 2020
Augmenting T-cell responses to tumors by in situ nanomanufacturing.
Materials Horizons. 7:3028-3033.
Hasani-Sadrabadi MM, Majedi FS, Miller M, Thauland TJ, Bouchard LS, Li S*, Butte MJ*.