徐浩博士实验室的主要兴趣为不同生理条件下，胸腺T细胞与胸腺组织微环境互作影响的机制研究。其课题组未来研究方向主要包括：1）建立并利用多种病理或生理模型研究胸腺T细胞的发育以及分化，并解析其利用自身固有通路与胸腺微环境互作的机制；2）解析不同生理条件下，例如病理以及老化，胸腺退化的机理及其对相应生理状况的影响；3）研究延缓或减轻胸腺病理性或生理性退化的治疗方法；

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