1. Publications
·A novel Zap70 mutation with reduced protein stability demonstrates the rate-limiting threshold for
Zap70 in T cell receptor signaling. 2014. Immunology, 141(3), 377-87.
Cauwe B*, Tian L*, Franckaert D, Pierson W, Staats KA, Schlenner SM, Liston A. (*co-first author)
·Anti-CD4 treatment inhibits autoimmunity in scurfy mice through the attenuation of co-stimulatory
signals. 2014. Journal of Autoimmunity, 50:23-32.
Mayer CT, Tian L, Hesse C, Kühl AA, Swallow M, Kruse F, Thiele M, Gershwin ME, Liston A,
Sparwasser T.
·Loss of T cell microRNA provides systemic protection against autoimmune pathology in mice. 2012.
Journal of Autoimmunity, 38 (1), 39-48.
Tian L, De Hertogh G, Fedeli M, Staats KA, Schönefeldt S, Humblet-Baron S, Van Den Bosch L,
Dellabona P, Dooley J, Liston A.
·Immune tolerance: are regulatory T cell subsets needed to explain suppression of autoimmunity?
2012. BioEssays, 34 (7), 569-75.
Tian L, Humblet-Baron S, Liston A.
·Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells exert asymmetric control over murine helper responses by inducing Th2
cell apoptosis. 2011. Blood, 118 (7), 1845-1853.
Tian L, Altin JA, Makaroff LE, Franckaert D, Cook MC, Goodnow CC, Dooley J, Liston A.
·Decreased T-cell receptor signaling through CARD11 differentially compromises forkhead box
protein 3-positive regulatory versus T(H)2 effector cells to cause allergy. 2011. Journal of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology, 127 (5), 1277-85.e5.
Altin JA, Tian L, Liston A, Bertram EM, Goodnow CC, Cook MC.
·Influence of antigen dose and DC number on CD8+ T cell differentiation and proliferation of OT-Ⅰ
transgenic mice. 2009. Journal of Northwest A & F University (Nature Science Edition) 37 (9).
Tian L, Chen DW, Ji YW, Liu X, Zhang MH, Chen DK.
·Microglia and microglia-like cell differentiated from DC inhibit CD4 T cell proliferation. 2009. Plos
One. Nov 17; 4(11): e7869.
Bai B, Song WG, Ji YW, Liu X, Tian L, Wang C, Chen DW, Zhang X, Zhang MH.

2. Conferences (participated with oral presentations)
·42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Immunology. Melbourne, Dec. 2012.
·2nd International Conference on Immune Tolerance. Amsterdam, Oct. 2011.
·The Second International Conference on Regulatory T Cells and TH17 Cells and Clinical
Application in Human Disease in China. Shanghai, July 2010.