ABSTRACT
During the past year,there has been remarkable advances in the field of immunological research at home and abroad.In the field of basic immunology,scientists have identified new roles of variable regulatory mechanisms,such as epigenetic modifications,RNA modifications,protein post-translational modifications,energy metabolisms in the development and functions of immune system.In the field of translational medicine and tumor immunotherapy,scientists have identified novel mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression,providing new target for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor.Notably,immunological researchers in China have made a number of innovative achievements in many areas of immunological researches in 2017.In this paper,we summarized the representative advances in the field of immunological research in 2017,and discussed the leading edge and challenging directions in this field.