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1.    Tissue-Resident Immune System

(1)  Homeostatic role of tissue-resident macrophages

(2)  Niche-specific immune checkpoint

(3)  Antigen-specific tissue-resident memory T cells

(4)  Immune interaction in the tissue microenvironment

(5)  Role of microglia in neuro-inflammation

2.    Immune Regulation Networks of Innate T Cells and Conventional T Cells

3.    Cancer Immunotherapy through In Situ Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death

(1)  Novel immune checkpoint antibody

(2)  In situ generation of cancer-specific T cells

(3)  Biological & organic nanomaterial guided targeting

(4)  Combinational cancer immunotherapy using a single platform