主持科研课题
1、国家自然科学基金委青年基金，81901653，2020.01-2022.12，20万，主持
代表性论文
(1) Ting Xu^#, Hao-Xian Zhu^#, Xing You^#, Jin-Fen Ma, Xin Li, Pan-Yue Luo, Yang Li*, Zhe-Xiong Lian*, and Cai-Yue Gao*. Single-cell profiling reveals pathogenic role and differentiation trajectory of granzyme K⁺CD8⁺ T cells in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. JCI Insight. 2023; 8 (8): e167490.
(2) Yuan Yao^#, Jin-Fen Ma^#, Christopher Chang, Ting Xu, Cai-Yue Gao*, M. Eric Gershwin, Zhe-Xiong Lian*. Immunobiology of T cells in Sjögren’s syndrome. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 2021, 60: 111–131.
(3) Gao, C. Y.*, Yao, Y., Li, L., Yang, S. H., Chu, H., Tsuneyama, K, Li XM, Gershwin ME, Lian ZX. Tissue-Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells Acting as Mediators of Salivary Gland Damage in a Murine Model of Sjogren's Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2019. 71(1): p. 121-132.
(4) Du W^#, Gao CY^#, You X, Li L, Zhao ZB, Fang M, Ye Z, Si M, Lian ZX, Yu X*. Increased proportion of follicular helper T cells is associated with B cell activation and disease severity in IgA nephropathy. Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 2; 13: 901465.

(5) Xing You^#, Qiong Yang^#, Kai Yan, Song-Rong Wang, Rong-Rong Huang, Shun-Qing Wang, Cai-Yue Gao*, Liang Li*, Zhe-Xiong Lian*.Multi-Omics Profiling Identifies Pathways Associated With CD8+ T-Cell Activation in Severe Aplastic Anemia. Front Genet. 2022 Jan 4; 12: 790990.