LEI Liancheng             

Title: Professor        

Specialties: Microbiology and Immunology

Email: leiliancheng@163.com 

Lei Liancheng obtained bachelor and master degrees in Veterinary University of the PLA in 1991 and 2001, respectively. After obtaining PhD degree on molecular immunology at Jilin University in 2007, started postdoctoral trajectory in Institute of Animal Science of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In 2010, as a visiting scholar, he went to University of Oxford in UK and investigated human immunology at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine for one year. He is an expert in Microbiology and Immunology, has more than 200 publications, and granted 7 National Invention Patents and 1 Certificate of New Veterinary Medicine. He is also the member of many committees such as 7^th Veterinary Drug Evaluation Committee.

Research Interests：                        

·Immune response against infection of respiratory system or brain, focus on immune cells and cytokines;

·Identification of pathogenic factors of pathogens and their interoperability mechanism with hosts;

·Effect of IFN-gamma on mammary epithelial cell growth; Research on new vaccines and antibody drugs.

Selected Publications：

1. Differences in pig respiratory tract and peripheral blood immune responses to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.Vet Microbiol. 2020 Aug;247:108755. Corresponding author.

2. Overexpression of AmpC Promotes Bacteriophage Lysis of Ampicillin-Resistant Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol. 2020 Jan 8;10:2973. Corresponding author.

3. TGF-β1 promoted the infection of bovine mammary epithelial cells by Staphylococcus aureus through increasing expression of cells' fibronectin and integrin β1. Vet Microbiol. 2019 Oct;237:108420. Corresponding author.

4. Porcine circovirus type 2 promotes Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae survival during coinfection of porcine alveolar macrophages by inhibiting ROS production. Vet Microbiol. 2019 Jun;233:93-101. Corresponding author.

5. Differential Protein Profiling of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Piglets with Severe Meningoencephalitis Caused by Streptococcus suis Type 2 Compared to Controls. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018 Feb 9;8:35. Corresponding author.

Awards：

1.The First-grade Prize for Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress; 2 items

2. The Third-grade Prize for Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress; 1 items

3. The Second-grade Prize for Jilin Province Natural Science and Technology Achievement Award; 1 items

4. 13^th batch of Outstanding Contributions of Middle-aged Professional and Technical Personnel in Jilin Province.