Program
Immunology
Understanding immune defenses: from damage to regeneration
Over millions of years, the immune system has evolved to protect our bodies against pathogens and to detect and eliminate cancer cells, while promoting regenerative processes meant to rebuilt tissues after its protective, yet sometimes damaging, activation.
We are studying how and when this protective system fails to act and, on the contrary, the reason why sometimes it doesn’t stop, leading to immune-mediated diseases.
Among our research interests there is the development and activation of immune cells, the signaling pathways involved in inflammation and immune responses to infections, the crosstalk between immunity and cancer and inflammation’s role in neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
List of groups
Lugli Group
Translational Immunology Lab
Bonecchi Group
Chemokine Biology Lab
Di Mitri Group
Tumor Microenvironment Lab
Kallikourdis Group
Adaptive Immunity Lab
Locati Group
Leukocyte Biology Lab
Cassani Group
Immunity and Immunodeficiency Lab
Mavilio Group
Clinical and Experimental Immunology Lab
Rescigno Group
Mucosal Immunology and Microbiota Lab
Selmi Group
Clinical Autoimmunity and Metabolism Lab
Jaillon Group
Innate Immunity in Inflammation and Cancer Lab
Mantovani Group
Cellular and Humoral Innate Immunity Lab
Bonavita Group
Cellular and Molecular Oncoimmunology Lab
Garlanda Group
Experimental Immunopathology Lab
Lleo Group
Hepatobiliary Immunopathology Lab
Micali Group
Microbial Ecology Lab
Rusconi Group
Applied Physics Biophysics & Microfluidics Lab
Sica Group
Molecular Immunology Lab
Mazzone Group
