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Fang F, Cao W*, Zhu W, Lam N, Li L, Gaddam S, Wang Y, Kim C, Lambert S, Zhang H, Hu B, Farber D, Weyand, CM, Goronzy JJ. The cell-surface 5’-nucleotidase CD73 defines a functional T memory cell subset that declines with age. Cell Reports. 2021. (*共同第一作者)

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Jin J, Kim C, Xia Q, Gould TM, Cao W, Zhang H, Li X, Weiskopf D, Grifoni A, Sette A, Weyand, CM, Goronzy JJ. Activation of mTORC1 at late endosomes misdirects T cell fate decision in older individuals. Science Immunology. 2021.

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Jin J, Li X, Hu B, Kim, Cao W, Zhang H, Weyand CM, and Goronzy JJ. FOXO1 deficiency impairs proteostasis in aged T cells. Science Advances. 2020.

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Liu X, Yin S, Cao W, Fan W, Yu L, Yin L, Wang L, Wang J. Runt-related transcription factor 3 is involved in the change of phenotype and function in ThPok-deficient invariant natural killer T-cells. Cell Mol Immunol. 2012.

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