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Xiao Huang

@drxiaohuang.bsky.social

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Postdoc & NIAID K99 Awardee, Rudensky Lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social | @ludwigcancer.bsky.social at Sloan Kettering | Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow | Former PhD trainee in the Murphy Lab at WashU DBBS

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Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jing Chen's talk is now on Youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDr3... Paper: Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis (Immunity 2026) @cp-immunity.bsky.social

[Jing Chen] TF Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development

Speaker: Jing Chen Paper: Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis (Immunity 2026) Moderator: Anna Salamero Boix (Open…

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Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Xiao Huang's talk is now on YouTube! Opposing functions of distinct regulatory T cell subsets in colorectal cancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCNn...

[Xiao Huang] Opposing functions of distinct regulatory T cell subsets in colorectal cancer

Xiao Huang (MSK Cancer Center) Opposing functions of distinct regulatory T cell subsets in colorectal cancer (Immunity , 2026)

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@cp-immunity.bsky.social preview on IL-10-producing Treg cells that restrain tumor growth by suppressing IL-17 production in colorectal cancer www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

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Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Online now: Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis

Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis

How distinct hematopoietic waves generate specialized macrophage lineages remains unclear. Chen et al. identify separate transcriptional pathways controlling macrophage development during primitive versus definitive hematopoiesis and identify Maf and Jun as key regulators of Zeb2 expression that drive microglia formation during primitive hematopoiesis, revealing a unique regulatory program for microglia development.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @mskcancercenter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

(1/2) Researchers from the Sloan Kettering Institute at MSK discovered that not all regulatory T cells behave the same way in tumors. Some help fight cancer, while others protect it.

Xiao Huang @drxiaohuang.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Excited to share our new study, the paper is out today @cp-immunity.bsky.social! Not all Treg cells are the same. We identified two Treg cell subsets with opposing functions in colorectal cancer (CRC). 1/8

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MSKEducation @mskeducation.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Meet #MSKPostdoc Xiao Huang (@drxiaohuang.bsky.social) from the Rudensky Lab! Xiao investigates how different subsets of regulatory T (Treg) cells adapt to tissues and immune challenges to maintain immune balance in health and disease. #NPAW2025 🇨🇳

#BestPartOfScience: Learning to live with questions and walk beside uncertainty. Keep climbing toward understanding with others who are committed to the same journey, knowing that each peak is simply a place to begin again.
#BecomingASceintist: Seeing loved ones face illness made me curious about how the body defends itself. I was drawn to the immune system for its complexity, and for what it reveals about resilience, timing, and care.
#FunFuct: I spend time with my plants, watching small shifts, from a new leaf to how light shapes growth over time. They have taught me to notice patterns and respect the kind of timing that can't be forced. I also play video games, where the pace is faster, and failure is part of the process. You fall, rethink, and try again. Along the way, you meet teammates who challenge and support you. In science, I carry both rhythms with me.

Xiao Huang, PhS
Rudensky Lab

National Postdoc Appreciation Week
September 2025

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Alejandra Mendoza @thepenkpanther.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

After many years of work I’m so happy to share our work on #scienceimmunology on how Treg cells modulate nociception to dampen skin inflammation! My handle will make a lot more sense now!🕵🏻‍♀️

Enkephalin-producing regulatory T cells in the skin restrain local inflammation through control of nociception

Regulatory T cells curb noxious sensory signaling to dampen cutaneous inflammation, a neuromodulatory mechanism for immunosuppression.