{"id":22349,"date":"2019-07-12T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/?page_id=22349"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:34:01","slug":"immunologia-molecolare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/immunologia-molecolare\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunologia Molecolare"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22349\" class=\"elementor elementor-22349 elementor-801\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-462f7a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"462f7a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82d14a0 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"82d14a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8517ca8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8517ca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e89485d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e89485d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immunologia Molecolare<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e742fa4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e742fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6922eb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6922eb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a95dfa5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"a95dfa5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4a1dc4 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"f4a1dc4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4a41e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea4a41e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d581a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d581a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panoramica<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a972532 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a972532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b8684e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b8684e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Il nostro gruppo \u00e8 interessato allo studio dei meccanismi trascrizionali e post-trascrizionali di regolazione dell&#8217;espressione genica nelle cellule del sistema immunitario. L&#8217;obiettivo \u00e8 quello di ampliare le nostre conoscenze sui meccanismi che regolano il differenziamento, la proliferazione e le funzioni delle cellule immunitarie e di svelare le reti di interazione tra modificazioni epigenetiche, fattori trascrizionali, microRNA (miRNA) e i loro bersagli.<\/p><p>Le modificazioni epigenetiche ed epitrascrittomiche sono modifiche covalenti del DNA genomico e dell&#8217;mRNA che contribuiscono alla regolazione dell&#8217;espressione genica. Ad esempio, abbiamo scoperto che la delezione di Dnmt3a, un enzima responsabile della metilazione del DNA, porta all&#8217;iperattivazione delle cellule del sistema immunitario, che a sua volta pu\u00f2 portare al danneggiamento dei tessuti e all\u2019insorgenza di malattie (Leoni C. et al. PNAS 2017). In generale, siamo interessati a scoprire meccanismi che da un lato sono importanti per il corretto funzionamento delle cellule immunitarie, ma dall&#8217;altro possono portare a un&#8217;eccessiva proliferazione cellulare o a risposte inappropriate e dannose, ad esempio nel contesto delle malattie autoimmuni (Emming, Bianchi, Polletti et al. Nature Immunology 2020; Chirichella, Bianchi, Dzafo et al. PLoS Biology 2022).<\/p><p>Attualmente siamo interessati ai meccanismi di regolazione post-trascrizionale che coinvolgono la metilazione dell&#8217;RNA e le proteine che legano l&#8217;RNA, nonch\u00e9 alla comprensione del meccanismo d&#8217;azione dei fattori di trascrizione che sono specificamente associati alle risposte infiammatorie delle cellule T.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97929c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"97929c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-066c9d3 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autoimmunity-associated genomic variants to biological functions in T lymphocytes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2201\"><section class=\"project\"><section class=\"project\"><section class=\"project\"><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Researchers<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/irb-people\/mara-cetty-spinella\/\">Mara Cetty Spinella<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Post-doc<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/roberta-marzi\/?id=37453\">Roberta Marzi<\/a> &#8211; Scientist<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/samuele-mauri\/?id=34990\">Samuele Mauri<\/a> &#8211; Pre-doc student<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Status: <\/strong>in progress<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p><\/section><p class=\"rtejustify\">Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over hundreds of genetic loci that are linked to a risk of autoimmune disease. There is now a pressing need to link disease-associated variants to biological functions, and to identify how genetic variants associated with the risk of disease contribute to disease and\/ or response to treatment. We are currently studying one of these loci in the context of inflammatory bowel disease. Support for this project is provided by the SNSF.<\/p><\/section><\/section><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2202\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Cell-intrinsic mechanisms modulating inflammatory responses in T lymphocytes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2202\"><section class=\"project\"><section class=\"project\"><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Researchers<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/elena-foli\/?id=23666\">Elena Foli<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; PhD student<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/mehrpouya-mostanfar\/?id=24905\">Mehrpouya Mostanfar\u00a0&#8211;<\/a>\u00a0PhD student<\/p><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Status:\u00a0<\/strong>in progress<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p><p>Following up on previous work from our lab (Emming, Bianchi, Polletti et al. Nature Immunology 2020), that identified specific transcription factors and signaling molecules associated to a highly pro-inflammatory and potentially pathogenic phenotype of human T lymphocytes, we are now investigating how some of these factors are regulated in humans and may be associated to disease, especially in the context of autoimmunity. Support for this project is provided by a SNSF Excellence Grant and by the Ceresio Foundation Lugano<\/p><\/section><\/section><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2203\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Role of RNA-binding proteins in immune responses<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2203\"><section class=\"project\"><section class=\"project\"><section class=\"project\"><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Researchers<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/irb-people\/leoni-cristina\/?id=8937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cristina Leoni<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Scientist<br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/mathilda-rose-josephine-corcoles\/?id=35284\">Mathilda Corcoles<\/a> <\/span>&#8211; PhD student<br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/irb-people\/roberta-marzi\/?id=37453\">Roberta Marzi<\/a> <\/span> &#8211; PhD student<\/p><p class=\"project-group-leaders\"><strong>Status: <\/strong>in progress<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p><\/section><p>The general aim is to understand how post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms mediated by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) affect immune cell responses. Currently, we are focusing on selected classes of RBPs to determine their role in restraining inflammatory responses primarily in human T lymphocytes. 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