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
Lugli Group

Translational Immunology Lab

Allavena Group
Allavena Group

Cellular Immunology Lab

Bonecchi Group
Bonecchi Group

Chemokine Biology Lab

Canonica Group
Canonica Group

Molecular Allergology Lab

Di Mitri Group
Di Mitri Group

Tumor Microenvironment Lab

Kallikourdis Group
Kallikourdis Group

Adaptive Immunity Lab

Locati Group
Locati Group

Leukocyte Biology Lab

Cassani Group
Cassani Group

Immunity and Immunodeficiency Lab

Mavilio Group
Mavilio Group

Clinical and Experimental Immunology Lab

Rescigno Group
Rescigno Group

Mucosal Immunology and Microbiota Lab

Selmi Group
Selmi Group

Clinical Autoimmunity and Metabolism Lab

Jaillon Group
Jaillon Group

Innate Immunity in Inflammation and Cancer Lab

Mantovani Group
Mantovani Group

Cellular and Humoral Innate Immunity Lab

Bonavita Group
Bonavita Group

Cellular and Molecular Oncoimmunology Lab

Garlanda Group
Garlanda Group

Experimental Immunopathology Lab

Lleo Group
Lleo Group

Hepatobiliary Immunopathology Lab